Afrocritik’s Top 100 African Songs of 2025

Afrocritik’s Top 100 African Songs of 2025

Casablanca - Dakar
Nana Adwoa Frimpong

Features & Essays

Dreadlocks
What’s Behind Nigeria’s Fear and Criminalisation of Dreadlocks?
JAMB
JAMB: Exam Body in Crisis or Symptom of a Broken Educational System?
Tolani
Tolani Is Creating Music on Her Own Terms
AI
Who Wrote This? The Crisis of Criticism in the AI Era
AMVCA Trailblazer
It’s the Eleventh Edition, and We Still Don’t Know What the AMVCA Trailblazer Award Is
Kester Kanayo Onyemaechi
Kester Kanayo Onyemaechi and His Archive of Healing

Interviews

Loud Urban Choir
Loud Urban Choir Is Redefining Choral Music in Afro-Pop
Amelia Songs
Billboard-Honoured Lawyer, Akinyemi Ayinoluwa, Talks Music Law, African Excellence, and Creative Rights
Blinky Bill
Blinky Bill: East Africa’s Quiet Radical
Red Circle
“Fortune Favours the Bold”: In Conversation With the Cast and Crew of “Red Circle”
Ife Olujuyigbe
In Conversation: Ife Olujuyigbe Talks Storytelling, the Realities of Producing, and Navigating Nollywood
Joel Kachi Benson
Joel Kachi Benson Just Wants to Make an Impact

Film & TV

The Fisherman
AFRIFF 2025: Zoey Martinson’s “The Fisherman” Mines Humour in the Pursuit of Dreams and the Tensions That Accompany Change
Njem, The Boy Who Gave
AFRIFF 2025: “Njem” and “The Boy Who Gave” Find Drama in the Spectacle of Suffering
Double or Nothing
AIFF 2025: Rachida SaadiʼS “Double or Nothing” Is a Gamble on Love and Addiction That Plays It Too Safe
Kalu Oji
AFRIFF 2025: In Conversation With Kalu Oji and Okey Bakassi, Writer-Director and Lead Actor of “Pasa Faho”
Adunni: Ogidan Binrin
AIFF 2025: “Adunni: Ogidan Binrin” Is a Story of Resistance Undone by Its Own Execution
To Adaego with Love
AFRIFF 2025: Nwamaka Chikezie’s “To Adaego with Love” Is a Post-War Romance of Half Measures

Music

Spotlight
Afrocritik Weekly Music Spotlight: Projects Galore
This Is Personal
“This Is Personal” Review: Tiwa Savage Deeply Explores R&B in Her Most Soul-Baring Album Yet
After Midnight
“After Midnight” Review: Gyakie Consolidates Her Familiar Style on Debut Album
Less Trouble
“Less Trouble” Review: Shekhinah Presents Her Best Work Yet With New Album
Memorabilia
“Memorabilia” Review: Efue Announces Herself Impressively With Debut EP
Spotlight
Afrocritik Weekly Music Spotlight: BIG JOL!

VIDEOS

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Books

The Middle Daughter
“The Middle Daughter” Review: Chika Unigwe Synthesises Form And Content Into Mesmerising Storytelling
An Unusual Grief
Grief Touches the Sublime in Yewande Omotoso’s “An Unusual Grief”
New York, My Village
“New York, My Village” Review: Uwem Akpan’s Book Is An Important Breakaway From Conventional Contemporary Setting
Leave My Bones in Saskatoon
Michael Afenfia’s “Leave My Bones in Saskatoon” and the Burial of Prose Fiction
Literary Festivals
8 Literary Festivals Lighting Up Africa in the Second Half of 2025
Years of Shame
“Years of Shame” Review: Obinna Udenwe’s Ambitious New Novel Nearly Crumbles Under the Weight of Editorial Issues

Culture

proptech startups
Can African Proptech Startups Build Trust in a Skeptical Market?
Loan applications
Can AI Make Loan Applications Fairer in Africa?
AMVCA Cultural Day
10 Celebrities Who Slayed the 2025 AMVCA Cultural Day
Livestream
The Rise of Live-streaming in Nigerian Music Marketing
gambling
The Complex Relationship Between Football and Gambling
smart waste management in Japan
How Smart Waste Management Solutions Can Solve Africa’s Garbage Crisis

Fashion

AMVCA

2025 AMVCA: How the Stars Lit up the Night With Style

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AMVCA Cultural Day

10 Celebrities Who Slayed the 2025 AMVCA Cultural Day

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Met Gala
What Africa Wore to the Met Gala 2025: Fashion, Symbolism, and the Limits of Black Dandyism
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2025 Grammy
Bold, Regal, and Stylish: African Artistes at the 2025 Grammys
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Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week
10 African Fashion Events to Watch Out for in 2025
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Sports

gambling
The Complex Relationship Between Football and Gambling
Serhou Guirassy
Serhou Guirassy: Against the Odds
CAF U-17 Nations Cup
Recap of the On-Going CAF U-17 Nations Cup
DNA
World Athletics’ DNA Testing: How New Gender Rules Impact African Athletes
Libya
Is It Time to Ban Libya From Hosting African Football Games?
Transformation in South African Cricket: Can Quotas Ensure Both Fairness and Excellence?

Explainers

Ranking AFCON Host Performances in the Past Decade
8 Interesting Facts About Francis Ngannou - Afrocritik
8 Interesting Facts About Cameroonian Fighter, Francis Ngannou
8 Common cyber attacks you should know - Afrocritik
8 Common Cyber Attacks to Know, and How to Protect Yourself
How to Identify Phishing and how to help yourself - Afrocritik
The Menace of Cyber Attacks: What to Know About Phishing and How to Protect Yourself

Fiction & Poetry

poems
“Transit”, “Leaven”, & ”Arrive in Your Skeleton” | Poems by Abiodun Salako
Homecoming
HOMECOMING | Fiction by Chukwuebuka Obiakaeze
Two poems
“Ancestry” & “The Cathedral” | Poems by Chimezie Umeoka
two poems
Two Poems by Doreen Masika
in your image
In Your Image | Poem by Tuke Ronald
Onipanu
Looking For Cloudberries In Onipanu, Or When You Fall Out Of Love