The pan-Africanist ideal never died—it morphed into hybridized sonic fragments that connect Joburg to Nairobi via Lagos and Accra. Throughout 2025, African musical genius manifested in the work of artists like Asake, FOLA, Black Sherif, Marioo, Zee Nxumalo, and MaWhoo. Hear them all on Africa Now, alongside everything else hot and new with roots in the continent, and hype up your library by adding anything that vibrates in lockstep with your beat.