Niger News News Niger » Music: The world is watching Niger — its rappers want the world to listen
On the evening of July 26, Nigerien Army spokesman Colonel Major Amadou Adramane appeared on national TV flanked by nine solemn-looking soldiers in fatigues. Niger’s democratically elected President ...
News Niger » Music: Niger Struggles To Keep Its Traditional Music Alive
In Niger, traditional music masters are becoming older and rare. Their instruments, as well as their ancestral rhythms, are in danger of disappearing with them. "I make traditional musical instruments ...
News Niger » Music: Tracing Afrobeats’ Yoruba Roots: ‘Wizkid Now Was Sunny Adé Then’
In just three short years, Nigerian street-pop savant Asake has become a giant in African music, meeting Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy in a place it took them three times that span to reach. What’s ...
News Niger » Music: Niger struggles to keep its traditional music alive
A succession of high and low sounds from the Nigerien musician's drum is a kind of telegram but few today understand its message. Each beat is a syllable in the Hausa language. "You see, he heard his ...