BBC World Service - This Is Africa

Introducing...This Is Africa

DJ Edu chats with the biggest names in African music

DJ Kerozen overcame a stutter, poverty and family resistance to follow his musical dreams

Rwanda's Vex Prince loves performing for audiences in Ivory Coast

Meet XIV from Cabo Verde and young Beninese artist Voila Lulu

DJ Edu meets J-Rio, the father of Gabonese ntcham music

French-born singer-songwriter Hiro stays rooted in his Congolese identity

How X-Time and Ghix's adjapiano sound is a bridge between modern and ancient Benin

Meet Veola, Ghana's latest Afrofusion star, and South Africa's "3Step Queen" AzureDé

Aiza calls herself the Afrobop Queen

Malakey tells This is Africa how standing out in Mali's rich music scence can be tough