It’s been a whole year since his passing so of course we had to commemorate MJ with something special, afriStyle. Started looking around and found a fab vignette of the man himself on his 1992 trip to Africa. His first stop was Gabon, where he was met by 100,000 people! And while in the Ivory Coast, he was made a king. Love it..some continents give people pens for coming to visit, Africa gives you a crown. Click to check the footage:

As you know, last month, the highly anticipated Wharton Business Conference went down in Pennsylvania.  Though I ended up not being able to make it, thankfully, a good friend, colleague and afiive reader, Kyle Newell, was in the building for the event festivities.  We meet up afterward so he could fill us out on what we missed.
Here’s is the audio of the whole interview but I should warn you – it’s super raw.

Music has a powerful quality about it.  A good song can make hundreds of party goers put down their drinks and get to their feet.  A bad song…well, a bad song can ruin the whole damn night.
Thankfully, Green October: The Mixtape Vol 1, is a collection of feel good music you can groove to at the club and at home.  Created by Tribe X Entertainment and DJ Manixx of Naija DJs, the mixtape brings you Naija’s hottest hits from D’Banj, Olu Maintain, Timaya and 2face, to name a few.
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Online interview with Nigerian artists Amplifyd and TNT…

A white guy singing 9ice’s Gongo Aso?  After a friend alerted me of the news, I had to see for myself and what I found was pleasantly surprising.  The “white guy” in question is Nicolas Georgakis, a 17 year old from Germany who has some serious musical talent.
The video of Nicolas performing the acoustic version of Gongo Aso has been viewed over 110,000 times so it was definitely necessary to get the scoop.  After corresponding via YouTube, Nicolas agreed to an exclusive interview for Africannect.com, via email.  Enjoy!
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I walked into the club and only had to scan the room for a moment before I spotted them. As I walked over to where they were standing, I was greeted by warm smiles and hugs all around. Not only are these guys attractive, but the young men of Dem Naija Boys are well mannered and very chill. I got the opportunity to spend some time with them before a performance in Baltimore and they were open to sharing some info about themselves. Talented and creative, …