Welcome to Vol 179 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.

How was your weekend??

If you attended our JAM event then I can pretty much guess you had a fun one. (you’re welcome!) If you didn’t (judging you a little), you’ll just have to hold out till the next one. I promise it’ll be worth the wait.

On things being worth the wait, I never thought I’d see the day when Shatta Wale and John Legend would collaborate on a new song. Together. On the same track. As a duo. Let’s just say I did not have a Shatta Wale x John Legend collab on my bingo card for the month, but I won’t lie, I’m kind of looking forward to it.

Mary x,

Now on to the real peel 👇

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