THE CUTS: EP 02 Vol. 7

THE CUTS is your weekly round-up of songs and videos that has caught our attention and think you must hear or see. The music featured aren’t genre specific. THE CUTS is delivered every FRIDAY   LXXXVII (Ghost Made) It feat Ansah Live – Entirely Sho’ The internet keeps handing us talents which we’d otherwise not even get to know. One of them is producer LXXXVII. […]

Music 3 min read

Throwback: Paapa Yankson – Ebei

The melody from the saxophone glides over the soft and mellow percussion drums exquisitely. And for 35 seconds, the only thing one hears is beautiful music: horn sections colliding with riffs from the bass guitar, voices rising in unison on the opening hook. These are some of the enchantments of “Ebei”, a song by highlife legend, Paapa Yankson. An incredible musician […]

Music 2 min read

The Interview: Kwadjo SPiRi reveals

‘I dey fly high above the clouds/ You can always keep talking/ A brother gonna keep dropping hits after hits’ The above lyric is a declaration of intent. It’s a peek into the ambitions of Kwadjo SPiRi: a young rapper with a dream to become influential; to use his position and music to influence thoughts and inspire his fans-both old […]

Interview 5 min read

More Branches speak with UK based Nigerian rapper Fasina

Richard Ogundiya talks to UK based Nigerian rapper Fasina about his music, style and his hopes for the African youth for More Branches For you Fasina, has music always been your thing? Or did you just jump on it along the way? I’ve always been into music for as long as I can remember. I was always making bars from young […]

Interview 3 min read

Album Review: Mother of Heirs

The 21st Century woman isn’t one to be dictated to. Or led, like a lamb to a destination the shepherd thinks is good. The 21st century woman is staging a revolution in which self-determination, self-love and assertiveness is of prime importance. The revolution wouldn’t only be televised but documented across various media outlets- with social media as the prime avenue- […]

Music 4 min read

An interview with Award winning Tunisian filmmaker Selim Gribba

If the law is retrograde, it is a duty to transgress and move the red lines On December 17, 2010, twenty-six-year-old fruit and vegetable vendor, Mohammed Bouazizi, from the  rural town of  Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia , was allegedly insulted and  slapped by the police because he refused to hand over his cart to the authorities. Humiliated, Mohammed marched to […]

Interview 5 min read

Special Book Reading with Trevor Getz

​Writers Project of Ghana, Blaxtarlines, and the Museum of Science and Technology, Accra, invite you to a reading and interaction session with Trevor Getz, professor of history and Chair of the Department of History, San Franscisco State University and director, Initiative for Public Humanities. Trevor Getz is the author of the graphic novel, Abina and the Important Men (Oxford University […]

Events 1 min read

More Branches interview with Dolapo Alade [Beat FM 97.9]

Dolapo Alade is an On -Air Personality (AOP) for Ibadan based Beat FM in Nigeria. She talks to Adedayo Lekatu (More Branches). How has music grown over the years to you being a personality on radio? Dolapo Alade : Music has grown immensely; to the point the international market has seen the uniqueness and beauty of it, to want to […]

Interview 3 min read

THE CUTS: EP 02 Vol. 6

THE CUTS is your weekly round-up of songs and videos that has caught our attention and think you must hear or see. The music featured aren’t genre specific. THE CUTS is delivered every FRIDAY ————————————————————————- Black Coffee feat Shekhinah – Your Eyes The eyes tells no lie. The thoughts of a man can be gleaned through the eyes, goes a popular saying. And in […]

Reviews 3 min read
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