One of the biggest African anthems recently has been JJC's "We are Africans". With its resounding cheer, Awoo!, it's becoming an anthem for the United States of Africa. Watch the music video for the original song at this link. JJC was in Nigeria to launch the "We are Africans" movement and this also gave birth to yet another remix of this viral hit. The "We are Africans" remix features Femi Kuti, Dagrin, Eldee, DJ Zeez, Kel, Ay.com, Moe Money & Ragga Remi. In the song, JJC sings "Let's go back to the roots, I wanna go back to the roots, let's take it back to the roots, Africans, Awoo!

Africa's Grammy's are back after a long hiatus. After releasing the nominees for the regional and non-regional categories in 2008, not much was heard about Kora's. The awards ceremony is now scheduled for April 4th, 2010 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and there have been different stages of nominations. The semi-final stage is next in March and that would lead to the awarding of Africa's best musicians in April.

Here is the full schedule

# 06/02/2010Reopening of votes by SMS

In the spirit of #FF Follow Friday, we'll list a few more African musicians on Twitter. See the first list at this link, second list at this link, third list at this link, the fourth at this link and the fifth at this link. Twitter is a social network where people post 'tweets' or status updates ala Facebook. It's become a web phenomenon as Barack Obama used it in his presidential campaign and it has many other celebrities.

When I was notified of Akon's new video, Oh Africa, I was intrigued by the song's name. Oh Africa? What did Africa do again? Is Akon going to lambast us? Shouldn't he be on our side, praising the motherland? Is it a public service announcement? I hope it's a song from his upcoming album. Well, it turns it is a 'charity single' and he does praise Africa in this video. This new video is geared towards the upcoming World Cup in South Africa and he sings "This is our time to shine, our time to fly". It surely is. I don't know why he's hiding the music video he made for Mama Africa. Trust me, I know the video has been shot. I know people who have the video on their computers. I hope the Mama Africa video is finally released this year. Kudos to Akon for 'Oh Africa' and continuing to rep the motherland big!

In the spirit of Follow Friday, we'll list a few more African musicians on Twitter. See the first list at this link, second list at this link, third list at this link and the fourth at this link. Twitter is a social network where people post 'tweets' or status updates ala Facebook. It's become a web phenomenon as Barack Obama used it in his presidential campaign and it has many other celebrities. Various websites and media organizations have Twitter accounts as well.