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It seems the Ghana-Naija energy isn’t cooling off. The energy is being derived from recent and frequent high profile musical collaborations between Ghanaian and Nigerian artists. One such collaboration was announced by none other than the ambassador himself, New York residing Ghanaian rapper, Blitz. It appears he will be teaming up with Nigerian-German songstress Nneka […]

Covent Garden, August 3-4, 2013 LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 15, 2013–The Africa Centre is incredibly excited to announce that the headline act at next month’s Summer Festival will be the international star and neo-soul singer, Nneka. Nneka first came to prominence in 2004 when she appeared as a warm-up act for reggae star, Sean Paul, at his […]

Nigerian neo-soul/hip-hop artist Nneka made her debut on mainstream Network TV in February of this year, after making her first US album release, “Conrete Jungle”. Nneka appeared on David Letterman’s “The Late Show” and performed “Heartbeat”, the lead single from “Concrete Jungle”. Knowing that not many African artists get to reach that far, we had […]

Hip hop/soul artist Nneka Egbuna has been on the road lately, with a non musical mission this time around. After endorsing VoteorQuench, a volunteer-based grassroots campaign in Nigeria earlier this year, she has been on the road and on cyber networks campaigning for the youth to get actively involved and vote in Nigeria’s upcoming elections. […]

Hip hop icon Rakim joins The Roots and John Legend for “In The Ghetto (Wake Up!), the first offering from the J.Periodproject Wake Up Radio!, a remixtape modeled after The Roots and John Legend’s excellent collaborative album Wake Up!. Featuring talented performers such as Q-Tip, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Nneka, K’NAAN, Dead Prez, Blu […]

Superstar songstress Nneka Egbuma made headlines last year by becoming a part of the (Nas/Damian Marley) Distant Relatives tour. She also scored other firsts by taking part in Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Tour and appearing on The David Letterman Show. She has done it again this time, she has crossed into endorsements. The proud Nigerian star, […]

African Diaspora artist Nneka has been nominated in two MTV African Music Awards categories. Nneka, who is born of Nigeria father and a German mother, posted the exciting news on her facebook page. She stated that she had been nominated for the MTV Africa Awards in the Best Nigerian Act in the Diaspora and Best […]

Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer and songwriter NNEKA will be releasing her Heartbeat Remix EP on October 5, featuring five remixed tracks of the critically acclaimed single, as well as the LP version. Following her successful US debut album Concrete Jungle, the new EP features remixes by well known producers Chase & Status, Vinzz Le Normand […]