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Gospel music and Christian news from across Africa, with a focus on Nigeria and Ghana.
Methodism reached the Gold Coast in January 1835, when Joseph Dunwell landed at Cape Coast. He died that June. Thomas Birch Freeman, who arrived in 1838,…
The Redeemed Christian Church of God was founded in Nigeria in 1952 by Josiah Akindayomi. Under Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer since 1981, it grew into…
Pastor Dr Mensa Otabil founded the International Central Gospel Church, inaugurated in Accra on 26 February 1984. The church grew into one of Ghana's largest charismatic…
Mercy Chinwo won Nigerian Idol, signed with EeZee Conceptz in 2017, and released "Excess Love" in April 2019. The song swept the maiden Africa Gospel Awards…
The Basel Mission sent four missionaries to the Gold Coast in December 1828. Three died in 1829 and the fourth in 1831. The church survived because…
On 31 May 2017, Nathaniel Bassey announced a 30-day midnight praise session on Instagram. Within days, tens of thousands were joining live, including Tiwa Savage, D'banj…
In May 2020, Sinach became the first African to top Billboard's Christian Songwriters chart, helped by two versions of "Way Maker" in the Top 10. In…
On 26 June 2021, Diana Hamilton was crowned Artiste of the Year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, the first female gospel artist to win it.…
On 8 April 2017, Joe Mettle became the first gospel musician to win Artiste of the Year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. He took home…
Mikey Adebayo is a doctor at the NHS and a gospel singer-songwriter from London. His new single, “The Upper Room,” is out now on major streaming…
