AFRO NATION THE WORLD’S BIGGEST AFROBEATS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SECOND PHASE LINE UP TODAY

By Rishma • On Events

CHRIS BROWN
MIDAS THE JAGABAN, PA SALIEU, SHASIMONE

PLUS THE BIGGEST AMAPI­ANO LINEUP EVER SEEN IN EUROPE: 
FOCAL­IST­IC, KABZA DE SMALL, 
MAJOR LEAGUE DJZ, DJ MAPHOR­ISA & MORE

JOIN­ING BURNA BOY, WIZKID, MEGAN THEE STAL­LION & MORE

BY THE CUL­TURE, FOR THE CUL­TURE — AFRO NATION RETURNS FOR A LAND­MARK FEST­IV­AL ON THE BEACH THIS SUMMER

Turn­ing a corner into 2022 with the sum­mer sea­son in sight, Afro Nation looks ahead to a grand return to Portugal’s coast with anoth­er massive lineup announce­ment today.

The world-renowned R&B enter­tain­er Chris Brown is set to make his long-awaited first appear­ance at Afro Nation Por­tugal this July. Cur­rently prov­ing he’s at the top of his game with this month’s new party anthem ‘Iffy’, his set will be cel­eb­rat­ing the release of his upcom­ing 10th stu­dio album ‘Breezy’. The Amer­ic­an sing­er will be bring­ing all his own hits to the sum­mer stage this year, off the back of recently join­ing fel­low Afro Nation Por­tugal 2022 head­liner Wizkid at The O2 dur­ing the Lagos superstar’s 3 night Lon­don takeover.

Com­ing togeth­er again on a stacked bill, already boast­ing two more massive head­liners Burna Boy and Megan Thee Stal­lion, the line up expands today with the wel­come addi­tion of the UK’s masked phe­nomen­on Midas The Jagaban, one of 2021’s biggest break­throughs Pa Salieu, and fast rising Lon­don new­comer and Dave col­lab­or­at­or ShaSimone.

Not con­tent with simply return­ing with a lineup impossible to top, Afro Nation is chan­ging the game again in 2022. With more names to come, and already packed with the planet’s largest elec­tri­fy­ing Afrobeats stars like Naira Mar­ley, Rema and Tems, plus the most icon­ic reg­gae-dance­hall acts like Beenie Man, Kof­fee and Pat­or­ank­ing, there’s even more in store this year. Always one step ahead and the first to bring new sounds from Africa to the world, Afro Nation Por­tugal is excited to reveal the most impress­ive and com­pre­hens­ive Amapi­ano line up ever seen before in Europe, or even the world.

Focal­ist­ic, Kabza De Small, Major League DJz, DJ Maphor­isa and all the artists respons­ible for the glob­al dance cul­ture burst­ing out of South Africa — includ­ing DBN Gogo, De Mthuda, Juls, Kamo Mphela, Mr Jazziq, Uncle Waffles, Vig­ro Deep and Young Stunna — will com­bine to provide the hot­test party soundtrack on Praia Da Rocha Beach this sum­mer. South Africa’s under­ground sound is sweep­ing the world, and Afro Nation’s the first to cel­eb­rate this scene with a huge ded­ic­ated stage.

Afro Nation already revolu­tion­ised the glob­al fest­iv­al cal­en­dar once before, with its 2019 debut praised across the board as a land­mark moment for Black cul­ture — unit­ing the dia­spora for one unfor­get­table cel­eb­ra­tion in one of the most pic­tur­esque loc­a­tions in Europe.

Nobody could have pre­dicted that the wait would be two years until we could unite once again in the glow of Afro Nation, but this year’s inspired plan of par­ing the Algarve’s balmy beaches with Amapiano’s soul­ful, per­cuss­ive and pulsat­ing grooves is set to more than make it up with a mul­ti­tude of mem­or­able and icon­ic moments. By the cul­ture, for the cul­ture, Afro Nation is an event that means more than the music alone, and stands as an essen­tial date in the diary that simply can’t be beaten.


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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.