US-based Nigerian singer John Kola-Idowu is set to launch the Igbo and Hausa versions of the Song of Psalms. This project is part of his larger goal to translate the 150 Psalms into 200 languages ...

They wore native Nigerian attire, the men in senator shirts and the women in boubous and headgear fanning out like giant halos. The choir broke into an Igbo hymn, helmed by a sonorous voice belonging ...

Nigerian highlife music has played an important role in the country's cultural scene since it became one of the most popular music genres in the 1960s. One characteristic of the music of this era was ...

Highlife music is a genre that has been harmonising culture and beats in Nigeria and across Africa for decades. In this interview, Nigerian highlife singer CHIBUIKE JOHNPAUL ANEKWE, best known by his ...

Read the first part of this series on the pioneers of Igbo highlife music here. Igbo highlife provided comfort and hope for the Igbos, an ethnic group living mainly in southeastern Nigeria, after a ...