37 Best African Music Blogs to Follow in 2026
African Music Blogs
Here are 37 Best African Music Blogs you should read and follow in 2026. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
1. Notjustok » Songs
Website https://notjustok.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Since its inception in 2006, NotJustOk.com has evolved into the most visited Nigerian music website. Voted the #1 Nigerian Music Website in 2010 and 2011, Notjustok.com now leads the way in providing brand new Hip-Hop/Contemporary music and videos on a daily basis to Nigerians around the world.MORE Email ****@notjustok.com
Location Nigeria
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2. Pan African Music News
Website https://pan-african-music.com/en/category/news/ + Follow Blog
Description Pan African Music brings you the best in African music of yesterday and tomorrow!
Email ****@pan-african-music.com
Facebook 169.8KTwitter 5.7KInstagram 81.5K Domain Authority 49 Get Email Contact
3. SlikourOnLife
Website https://slikouronlife.co.za/ + Follow Blog
Description SlikourOnLife is an Urban (hip hop) publication catering for music fans through music; video; artist interviews; exclusive downloads & event coverage connecting people through culture.
Email ****@onlife.co.za
Location Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
Facebook 145.2KTwitter 487.2KInstagram 251.7K Domain Authority 45 Get Email Contact
4. Fakaza
Website https://fakaza.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Fakaza.com is a South African music site that was founded in September 2016 following the growth of South African music worldwide. Fakaza.com publishes latest urban releases from South African musicians across several genres including Hip Hop, G Qom, Kwaito and Afro House music.MORE Email ****@fakaza.com
Facebook 393KTwitter 29.3KInstagram 19K Domain Authority 40 Get Email Contact
5. NaijaVibes
Website https://naijavibes.com/ + Follow Blog
Description NaijaVibes shares the latest Nigerian music, Afrobeats, and Amapiano, with new singles, EPs, music videos, and African entertainment news.
Email ****@naijavibes.com
Location Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria
Facebook 425.1KTwitter 47Instagram 15.1K Domain Authority 29 Get Email Contact
6. Afropop
Website https://www.afropop.org/ + Follow Blog
Description Afropop Worldwide is a Peabody-winning radio program, podcast, and magazine on music from Africa and its diaspora, with interviews, reviews, and NYC events.
Email ****@afropop.org
Facebook 21.4KTwitter 13.1KInstagram 11.3K Domain Authority 61 Get Email Contact
7. OkayAfrica
Website https://www.okayafrica.com/ + Follow Blog
Description OkayAfrica covers African news, music, film, TV, art, fashion, and culture, with weekly song picks, artist profiles, and podcasts for Africa and its diaspora.
Email ****@okayafrica.com
Facebook 798.2KTwitter 127.2KInstagram 958K Domain Authority 74 Get Email Contact
8. Music In Africa
Website https://musicinafrica.net/ + Follow Blog
Description Music In Africa covers African music news, reviews, and features, with a directory of 48,000 artists and industry professionals, open calls, and a gig guide.
Email ****@musicinafrica.net
Facebook 448.2KTwitter 8.6KInstagram 27.6K Domain Authority 56 Get Email Contact
9. Pulse Nigeria » Music
Website https://www.pulse.ng/music + Follow Blog
Description Read today's music news, exclusive interviews, and viral videos. Stay up to date with breaking stories sent straight to your phone.
Email ****@pulse.ng
Facebook 6.6MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 5.6M Domain Authority 85 Get Email Contact
10. Ghana Music
Website https://ghanamusic.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Ghana Music.com is a multi-media content service provider and the largest electronic source of information on the Ghanaian music scene. Our ultimate goal is to present a highly user-friendly and exciting site that allows you quick and easy access to the content you are looking for. We aim for nothing less than to be the premier destination for info on music in Ghana. Find videos, news, biographies, reviews, interviews & more on the website! Get recommendations for new music to download, stream or own.MORE Email ****@ghanamusic.com
Location Greater Accra, Ghana
Facebook 710.8KTwitter 193.7KInstagram 94.6K Domain Authority 44 Get Email Contact
11. SA Hip Hop Mag
Website https://sahiphopmag.co.za/ + Follow Blog
Description Dive into the rhythm and join in the vibrant world of South African Hip Hop. SA Hip Hop Mag is South Africa's number 1 hip hop Mag for the latest & breaking SA Hip Hop News and downloads, SA hip hop interviews, SA hip hop videos and new SA hip hop music.MORE Email ****@nine80.com
Location South Africa
Facebook 404.5KTwitter 51.5KInstagram 78.6K Domain Authority 51 Get Email Contact
12. Texx and the City
Website https://texxandthecity.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Spotlighting the best underground & unsigned musicians in South Africa. Texx and the City is run by journalist and editor Tecla Ciolfi. Tecla has been apart of the music industry in South Africa for the last 10 years in various capacities, namely journalism, radio presenting, event curation and artist management.MORE Email ****@texxandthecity.com
Location Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Facebook 36KTwitter 5.1KInstagram 19.9K Domain Authority 38 Get Email Contact
13. Likembe
Website https://likembe.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Description African Music Blog. The name 'Likembe' refers to the Congolese version of the thumb-piano, an instrument that can be found across Africa, that in various versions is called the mbira, sanza, kalimba, ubo, etc.MORE Location South Africa
Domain Authority 39 Get Email Contact
14. Harmattan Rain
Website https://harmattanrain.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Harmattan Rain is a music and arts curating platform for emerging and alternative music by Africans.
Email ****@harmattanrain.com
Location Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Twitter 7.9K Domain Authority 22 Get Email Contact
15. Unorthodox Reviews
Website https://unorthodoxreviews.com/ + Follow Blog
Description For new African music, Grime & all things Afrobeats. Ghanaian, Nigerian, South African music, news, videos, interviews, and Album Reviews.
Email ****@unorthodoxreviews.com
Facebook 3.2KTwitter 23.6KInstagram 140.9K Domain Authority 29 Get Email Contact
16. AfriClassical
Website https://africlassical.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Description A companion to AfriClassical.com, a website on African Heritage in Classical Music. Meet 52 Black composers and musicians, take a Black History Quiz and hear over 100 audio samples at the site. The AfriClassical Web site was launched in 2000 as a nonprofit educational venture promoting awareness of African Heritage in Classical Music.MORE Email ****@ameritech.net
Location South Africa
Twitter 1.4K Domain Authority 43 Get Email Contact
17. Hip Hop African
Website https://hiphopafrican.com/ + Follow Blog
Description This is a blog dedicated to the 'African Hip Hop Project'. The project will include information on resources and artists that focus on hip hop. The blog is currently being maintained and updated by students in the Hip Hop and Popular Culture in Africa course in the African Studies Department at Howard University.MORE Email ****@hiphopafrican.com
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Twitter 1.1K Domain Authority 36 Get Email Contact
18. Moroccan Tape Stash
Website https://moroccantapestash.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Description This blog features music from Moroccan cassettes that is, to the best of my knowledge, not available outside of Morocco. It is shared here to spread the appreciation of Moroccan music and artists.MORE Email ****@timabdellah.com
Domain Authority 36 Get Email Contact
19. Africa.com » African Music
Website https://africa.com/african-music + Follow Blog
Description Africa.com is the leading digital media company. Visit Africa.com to get latest updates on African Music.
Email ****@africa.com
Location South Africa
Facebook 693.7KTwitter 28.9KInstagram 11.3K Domain Authority 69 Get Email Contact
20. tooXclusive
Website https://tooxclusive.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Tooxclusive is Nigerian Music site which provides you with Nigerian & Ghanaian Songs & Videos of your favorite Artists.
Email ****@tooxclusive.com
Location Nigeria
Domain Authority 52 Get Email Contact
21. Zambian Music Blog
Website https://zambianmusicblog.co/ + Follow Blog
Description Latest Zed, Afrobeat, Zambian Music, Songs & Videos - Zambian Music Blog. Zambia's Number 1 Entertainment News/Media Publishing Website.
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook 217.8KTwitter 50.1K Domain Authority 31 Get Email Contact
22. ZambianPlay
Website https://zambianplay.com/ + Follow Blog
Description ZambianPlay aims to publish, advertise & promote your local entertainment media content to give you a wide range & audience of millions of listeners & viewers within & across the borders of Zambia.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location Lusaka, Zambia
Facebook 100.5KTwitter 1.8KInstagram 10.1K Domain Authority 28 Get Email Contact
23. Playlistgh
Website https://playlistgh.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Up-to-the-minute Ghana music source. Playlistgh coverage include music videos, lyrics, and profiling the hitmakers.
Email ****@playlistgh.com
Location Ghana
Facebook 2.4KTwitter 626Instagram 856 Domain Authority 15 Get Email Contact
24. Muse Africa
Website https://museafrica.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Find the latest updates on entertainment and music industry. MUSE is a multi-platform urban music, culture & lifestyle brand targeting African millenials with compelling urban music, culture & lifestyle content.MORE Email ****@museafrica.com
Location South Africa
Facebook 50.3KTwitter 75.9K Domain Authority 27 Get Email Contact
25. Jukebox Music
Website https://jukeboxmusic.com.ng/news/ + Follow Blog
Description Jukebox Music Is The #1 African Music & Video Streaming Website Which Brings You The Latest African Music And Video Downloads And Artiste News.
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Nigeria
Facebook 4.4KTwitter 5.9K Domain Authority 27 Get Email Contact
26. Groove Africa
Website https://groove-africa.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Bringing you Trends from Ghana, Vibes from Naija & Sounds from Mzansi, Get the best of urban music and entertainment right here!! Groove Africa is a new social, lifestyle & entertainment news brand, satisfying the curiosity of African millennials.MORE Email ****@hotmail.comv
Facebook 4KTwitter 974Instagram 3K Domain Authority 19 Get Email Contact
27. Wadupnaija
Website https://wadupnaija.com/ + Follow Blog
Description African music latest updates and news.
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Nigeria
Facebook 2KInstagram 446 Domain Authority 24 Get Email Contact
28. Afrobeats City
Website https://www.afrobeatsindacity.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Afrobeats City is an Afrobeats website providing Afrobeats and world music lovers with the latest music, videos and news from African artists around the world.
Email ****@afrobeatsindacity.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Facebook 86Twitter 1.4K Domain Authority 22 Get Email Contact
29. Afrobeat Music
Website http://afrobeat-music.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Description 'Afrobeat will be one of the musics of the future' - Miles Davis. afrobeat, afrofunk, afrojazz, afrorock, african boogie, african hiphop ...
Email ****@gmail.com
Location South Africa
Domain Authority 33 Get Email Contact
30. BellaNaija » Music
Website https://www.bellanaija.com/music/ + Follow Blog
Description Read breaking, latest and top stories in Music. BellaNaija brings latest news, scoop, gist, features, lifestyle, inspiring motivating stories and music daily.
Email ****@bellanaija.com
Location Lagos, Nigeria
Facebook 1.5MTwitter 1.9M Domain Authority 77 Get Email Contact
31. NATIVE » Music
Website https://thenativemag.com/category/music/ + Follow Blog
Description The NATIVE music coverage of Afropop and alternative African sounds, with artist interviews, single and album features, and uNder best new artist picks.
Email ****@thenativemag.com
Twitter 103KInstagram 102.8K Domain Authority 47 Get Email Contact
32. Olagist
Website https://olagist.net/ + Follow Blog
Description Olagist is Your Number One Most Visited Entertainment, Music, News, Videos and Celebrity Gist Website.
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Nigeria
Domain Authority 30 Get Email Contact
33. Bibliolore » Africa
Website https://bibliolore.org/category/ethnomusicolo.. + Follow Blog
Description RILM is a comprehensive bibliography of writings on music, serving the global music research community
Email ****@rilm.org
Domain Authority 42 Get Email Contact
34. earGROUND
Website https://earground.com/ + Follow Blog
Description A digital media platform from Zimbabwe and Africa working to amplify new creative voices. earGROUND is at the forefront of driving the critical conversations on the arts in Zimbabwe and is a credible and reliable plug for the mainstream media, artists, promoters, content creators and policymakers.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location Zimbabwe
Domain Authority 17 Get Email Contact
35. LocaaTunes
Website https://locaatunes.com/ + Follow Blog
Description LocaaTunes is all about Nigeria entertainment, events and upcoming shows, latest videos and music. It also help to promote upcoming acts.
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Lagos, Nigeria
Facebook 4.8KTwitter 98 Domain Authority 17 Get Email Contact
36. Djembe Rhythms Blog
Website http://djemberhythms.com/blog/ + Follow Blog
Description Hand Drum Lessons and Notation for djembes, dununs and bells.
Email ****@djemberhythms.com
Domain Authority 23 Get Email Contact
37. AfricOriginal
Website http://afroriginal.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Description Follow this blog to get information and updates about African music.
Domain Authority 18 Get Email Contact
African Music Bloggers
| Blogger Name | Designation | Blog Link | Twitter Handle | Twitter Follower | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OkayAfrica | Submission | okayafrica.com | |||
| Motolani Alake | Managing Editor | pulse.ng/music | @onemotolani | 30.3K | |
| Bayo Wahab | Head of News, Business and Contributors | pulse.ng/music | @wahabakinbayo | 599 | |
| Nii Abbey Mensah | Founder, CEO & Publisher | ghanamusic.com | @niiabbey | 609 | |
| Tim Abdellah | Author | moroccantapestash.blogspot.com | @timabdellah | 263 | |
| Playlistgh | Submissions | playlistgh.com | |||
| Bellanaija | Editorial Inquirires | bellanaija.com/music | |||
| Nowick Gray | Author | djemberhythms.com/blog | @nowickgray | 210 | |
| Olami | Contributor | olagist.net | |||
| Tee Dads | Contributor | ngmp3.com | |||
| Temi | Contributor | ngmp3.com | |||
| Fakazaking | Contributor | fakazaking.com | |||
| Tolu Oke | Contributor | mp3bullet.ng | |||
| Mwelwa | Contributor | zambianplay.com | |||
| Chiamaka Fidelis | Contributor | tooxclusive.com | |||
| harrybridges | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| zboncak.kim | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| sabrinaclubbe | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| margeryrowe | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| Dorcas Agambila | Contributor | pulse.ng | |||
| Olowo Yusuf (Wharlhexy) | Contributor | naijaloaded.com.ng | |||
| Peter Mp3banger | Contributor | 47vibez.com.ng | |||
| Krystal | Contributor | mp3bullet.ng | |||
| Emma Tee | Contributor | mp3bullet.ng | |||
| Msia Kibona Clark | Contributor | hiphopafrican.com | |||
| Clive Banda | Contributor | sahiphopmag.co.za | |||
| OLU | Contributor | wadupnaija.com | |||
| Daniel | Contributor | naijaloaded.com.ng | |||
| MrrrDaisy | Contributor | musicarenagh.com | |||
| Earground | Contributor | earground.com | |||
| Wyzzhi | Contributor | okhype.com | |||
| Amosflash | Contributor | mp3bullet.ng | |||
| Vladimir Cagnolari | Contributor | pan-african-music.com | |||
| Elsa Bansi | Contributor | unorthodoxreviews.com | |||
| Ademoye Afeez | Contributor | notjustok.com | |||
| Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh | Contributor | museafrica.com | |||
| ruebenweiner | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| lyndonlithgow | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| corinneobryan68 | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| diannetjangamarr | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| abbiewhittle900 | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| lindahjq7354 | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| erikabarela | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| robbinbeaulieu7 | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| carina4600 | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| davidapatterson | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| marioculpin2575 | Contributor | hallaback.com | |||
| Stachoice | Contributor | okhype.com | |||
| M4TRIX | Contributor | okhype.com | |||
| Pan African Music | Contributor | pan-african-music.com |
