We’ve been writing concerning the endured international enlargement of Afrobeats, Amapiano and different African song genres and scenes ceaselessly. Now London will play host to a convention exploring the African song industry in 2023 and past.
The African Song Summit (AMS) will happen at PPL’s occasions area on 24-25 November. It’s now not a new convention: it began in 2012, and has been often rising since.
“Whilst the inventive facets of African song have flourished, there’s a vital wish to similarly nurture the industry aspect of the business. AMS goals to highlight this an important side,” stated Ikechukwu Onuorah, who has been concerned because the get started.
(Song Best friend readers might also have in mind his keynote on the NY:LON Attach convention in 2019, when he defined the dimensions and attainable of Africa’s song and song industries.)
“We’re on a undertaking to create an business that’s not simplest self-sufficient but in addition reshapes international song industry paradigms,” he added.
This ’s summit is being supported by way of PPL and the BPI, the Black Song Analysis Unit on the College of Westminster, and Song Best friend (sure, that’s us!).
Audio system showed already come with Sampra’s Ntsietso Mokitimi-Makhofola; Empire’s Stephanie Adamu; the IFPI’s Jean-Elie Ilunga; Women4Africa’s Tola Onigbanjo; Warner Song South Africa’s Laverne Thomas and Common Song Workforce’s Kayode Bola.
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