THE OYÉ VIBE
Bood 'N Bone's live set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Firehouse's live set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
One A Penny's live set at Africa Oyé 2018; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Stuart B's live set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Positive Vibration's live set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Subcora's Freetown set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
BLM: “A TIME FOR ACTION”
Africa Oyé and Mandela8 chair Sonia Bassey shares her thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Hustle and Zacharia Soul's Trenchtown set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
IN SOLIDARITY WITH
The organisations in Merseyside working hard to fight racism and affect equality.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Jess Gascoigne's Freetown set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
DJ Holmesy's Freetown set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Keith Marley's Trenchtown set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
DJ Scratchy's Trenchtown set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Thom White's Freetown set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Dharma Collective's Freetown set at Africa Oyé 2019; weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
THE OYÉ VIBE
Emily Dust's Trenchtown set at Africa Oyé 2019 is the first of our weekly Oyé Vibe DJ sessions with Melodic Distraction.
FATOUMATA DIAWARA
The Malian musician discusses her family-like connection to music and harnessing it for progressive change.
IMARHAN
The rhythms of the Sahara have found the perfect outlet in these Tuareg maestros' fusion of rock ’n’ roll and traditional tinde percussion.
MC NELSON
The South Liverpool MC brings a thoughtful approach to the Scouse rap revolution, questioning what it means to be British in 2018.
OYÉ 2018 LINE-UP
Liverpool's festival of African and Caribbean culture and music adds two international female solo artists, MAREMA and LURA, to the line-up
CLUB CORINTO
The home of the very first Africa Oyé was demolished earlier this year – Jake Roney tells the story of Hardman House’s origins as a world music hub with radical allegiances.
PIZZA THE ACTION
Seeing Queen Zee and The Sasstones or Blick Bassy this November? Get 2-4-1 pizza at American Pizza Slice. Yum.
ISSUE 81 EDITORIAL
Editor Christopher Torpey believes we must also take more care over our cultural legacy, or we’ll be doomed to repeats of the Hope And Glory fiasco
AFRICA OYÉ
Reflecting on 25 years of festival buzz and happy vibes from the happiest festival around
PLAYLIST
GUEST MIX