Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Tiwa Savage walked around a music centre in Lagos, smiling, listening and giving words of encouragement to scores of young artists in an elite music training programme.

Over the last decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. There’s now an Afrobeats category at the MTV Video Music Awards, and performers like ...

Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Tiwa Savage walked around a music centre in Lagos, smiling, listening, and giving words of encouragement to scores of young artists taking part in an elite music training ...

Once the soundtrack of Lagos traffic jams and West African block parties, Afrobeats has now become a mainstage genre on global platforms—from the Grammys to Coachella, from Times Square billboards to ...