Electronic music in Africa

Africa is currently enjoying a golden age of electronic music, much of it prompted by aesthetics like Afrofuturism, which inspires producers across the continent to create new sounds that the rest of the world is taking note of. Artists like Spoek Mathambo, Die Antwoord, Blinky Bill, Black Coffee, Ibaaku and Nonku Phiri are the flagbearers of a truly unique African sound that bears little similarity to the electronic music of the UK, US, Germany or Japan.

Some African cities like Nairobi and Cape Town have become electronic music hubs where new sub-genres are crafted all the time. In these cities one can hear a fusion of African languages and beats that are pushing the envelope on the international scene. Even global players like the Boiler Room have turned their gaze upon Africa, waiting to see what its creatives will come up with next.

Music In Africa has chosen 'electronic music' as its theme for the month of July. In doing so we have compiled a selection of relevant reading published recently, covering many of the key players and events in on one of Africa’s truly innovative spaces.

Make sure you visit this page daily in July for exciting electronic music updates.       

• Watch Die Antwoord's eerie Alien
• ALT NRB playlist aims to promote Kenyan music on Spotify 
• Watch Boiler Room session in Joburg 
• Ghana DJ Awards: Full list of winners 
• Boiler Room makes East African debut