Tagged: benjamin lebrave

Footnotes: Akwaaba

STORY BY: COMPILED BY AMBER BRAVO, DUNCAN COOPER, ALEX FRANK, SAM HOCKLEY-SMITH, MATTHEW SCHNIPPER, NAOMI ZEICHNER
PHOTOGRAPHY: JANE HAHN

Footnotes is the section in our magazine where we take a deeper look at the music surrounding our feature artists. With Benjamin Lebrave’s label, Akwaaba, and his column for TheFADER.com, we don’t have to imagine … read more »

POSTED October 5, 2012 11:30AM IN NWSPRNT TAGS: Africa, Akwaaba, benjamin lebrave, cash unit, f82, Ghana, lungu lungu

Personal History: Benjamin Lebrave

STORY BY: Benjamin Lebrave

For the past four years, Benjamin Lebrave has run Akwaaba, a digital record label that releases a huge amount of diverse African music from across the continent. He started the label in San Francisco, but, … read more »