If music is the food of love, one thing is for sure: Africans can and will most definitely play on.
From Lagos to Accra, Dar es Salaam to Dakar; Kampala, Kinshasa, Cape Town and beyond, some of the greatest love songs in the world reside south of the Sahara. Here, continental love comes in all forms and flavours – from afropop to highlife, amapiano to kizomba, alt R&B, afro-zouk and everything in between.
Be it sexy and sultry, heartfelt and epic, a tender ballad or another banger! – there’s a love song to set just about every mood on Valentine’s Day. Here are 14 for your listening pleasure.
