Okayafrica's Top 10 Tracks of 2014

We list our choices for the ten best African tracks to come out in 2014, including Young Fathers, Tony Allen, Ibeyi, Fantasma and more.

Okayafrica's Top 10 Tracks of 2014

M.anifest "Someway Bi"

Ghanaian rapperM.anifest's pulsing highlife single "Someway Bi" was technically released late December of last year on Apae: The Price of Free EP, but its accompanying cinéma verité visuals and big push only came last August. Taking its name from the popular Ghanaian catchphrase “someway bi,” which is most often used as a succinct response to “the daily frustrations, inexplicable occurrences, immeasurable joys, [and] simple pleasures of urban African life.” Wacth the video for the Yung Fly-produced everyday hustle anthem, which samples Belizean project Umalali, below.

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