Lisa Mugo
Afrobeats, the genre that is taking the airwaves around the world by storm, was celebrated over the weekend at the Afro Nation festival that went down in Portugal 🇵🇹.
The festival which can be considered as the biggest Afro Festival, was graced by the hottest artistes from across Africa and the world who brought a mix of different genres from Afrobeats, Amapiano, Hip hop, Dancehall, Afro House and RnB.
The three-day festival had different headliners from the African giant Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid from Nigeria 🇳🇬, Focalistic, DJ Maphorisa, Kabza De Small and Major League DJz from South Africa 🇿🇦.
Afronation! Always a pleasure 🇵🇹🖤
— WIZKID SOURCE (@WizkidSource) July 3, 2022
🎥: @afronation pic.twitter.com/qLcBo5awg9
The festival began on Friday with Davido as the headliner of the night. He gave an electrifying performance as the last performer of the night after fellow Nigerians Rema, and Ckay performed. Dance hall was also well represented as Popcaan and Koffee had the crowd dancing none stop.
The second day saw Naira Marley, Kizz Daniel, Omah Lay and Patoranking pave the way for Chris Brown who performed ‘Mona Lisa’, an afrobeat song he featured in alongside Lojay and Sarz.
Chris Brown & Rema at Afro Nation pic.twitter.com/7W63ZiOTqU
— KJ (@kjjpeg) July 2, 2022
Focalistsic then hit the stage and gave Portugal a taste of South African music, amapiano. He performed his hit song ‘Ke Star’ and had the crowd busting their amapiano moves.
Of course, fans were beyond hyped for Wizkid who closed off the festivities on the second day. He showed love to his fellow headliners Davido and Burna Boy.
The third and final day was literally saved as the best one, well, according to many fans. Why? Well Grammy award winner Burna Boy took the stage as the headliner of course.
He celebrated his 31st birthday on stage with a cake that was lit up with candles and had the crowd sing him happy birthday.
“Many of you think that I’m here to perform, I’m sorry to disappoint you. I’m not here to perform, I’m here to celebrate my birthday. You are all my party goers by fire by force,” he stated.
Afro nation crowd singing Happy Birthday To @burnaboy pic.twitter.com/SgfOGWqkEo
— Burnaboysworldtour (@burnaboyswt) July 4, 2022
His team also gave him a champagne shower as they popped bottles of champagne and poured it all over him on stage. The crowd went wild as they celebrated with him and enjoyed his performance.
Before Burna curtain closed this year’s Afro Nation festival, he shared the stage with superstar Megan Thee Stallion who had the girls twerking next to the beach and sticking their tongues out.
Jamaica was once again well represented by Dancehall queen, Shenseea who gave the crowd a sultry performance.
Diamond Platnumz also took the stage and gave Portugal a taste of East African music with his Bongo flavoured music. @afronation
