Welcome to Vol 169 of the Spread!

Hello and welcome back to the Spread, your weekly edit of all the best stories and global news about Africans shaping mainstream culture.

I’m not usually a dance in public kind of person, but for a brief, glorious moment, every time “Shake It to the Max” came on, decorum left the room. So seeing Moliy get recognized by Spotify feels right. Very deserved. Like so many other African artists, she’s been quietly (and sometimes loudly) doing her thing, and now the world is catching up.

I personally love to see it. Don’t you?

Mary x,

Now on to the real peel 👇

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