Artwork by Larry Achiampong.
We realize our site cycles through an, at times, overwhelming number of videos, tracks, remixes and mixtapes from artists that not everyone is familiar with — in fact, we’ve gotten a large amount of reader feedback stating so. With Weekend Burners we aim to address that by highlighting our choices of the best music content that made it on the blog throughout the week. Get ‘em below straight from the Okayafrica bunker:
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #46: NIC OFFER OF !!!
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Algerian beats, Turkish folk and West African poly-rhythms in El Mahdy Jr.
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D’banj x Big Sean x Snoop Lion ‘Blame It On The Money’
[audio:https://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/DBANJ-Blame-It-On-The-Money-feat.-Big-Sean-Snoop-Lion.mp3|titles=D'banj 'Blame It On The Money' ft. Big Sean & Snoop Lion]
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Dur Dur Band's 1980s Somali pop remixed
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SA's Diamond Thug's "Man Who Makes The Law"
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