Dancehall

Edwin Ochienowho, known as DJ Edu, recently traveled across Africa for BBC project to find the best nightclub on the continent.

DJ Edu searches for Africa’s best nightclub

Culture

What’s the best nightclub in Africa? Not even DJ Edu, who scoured night spots across the continent, can say for sure. But even if he can’t pick a winner, he says he saw signs of Africa’s economic progress in many places he visited.

The Flavor Essence dance team moves through its choreography in unison as smoke clouds the air in a nightclub around 3am on a Thursday night. Videographers often attend the parties to make video of the dancers, which will be published on the internet on v

Meet the Dancehall Queens of Brooklyn

Arts
South African artist Spoek Mathambo performs in 2011.

Want to find the best Afropop? It’s on Soundcloud — not an album

Music
The World

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s Revelation

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The World

A Jamaican orphanage turns out musicians

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The World

Rise and fall of Jamaica’s music scene

Arts, Culture & Media

The 1960s and ’70s were the heyday of the cool music scene in Jamaica. The World’s Marco Werman reports on the rise and fall of the scene.

The World

Global hit

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Anchor Marco Werman reconstructs DJ Dice’s set list from a street party in the Kingston neighborhood of Rae Town. It’s Jamaican-oldies day on The World.

The World

Father Goose

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New music from dancehall DJ, Father Goose.

The World

Father Goose

Arts, Culture & Media

New music from dancehall DJ, Father Goose.