Afro Nation is the world’s number one beach festival. This year, a number of Mzansi’s talented amapiano artists will be rocking the stage in Portugal on the first three days of July this year. 

The likes of Uncle Waffles, DJ Maphorisa and Young Stunna will be sharing the stage with Grammy-winning stars Burna Boy, Megan Thee Stallion and WizKid. 

Afro Nation Portugal is set to take place during the first weekend of July 2022. The festival announced the lineup on Thursday 20 January and 11 of South Africa’s amapiano stars are set to perform. 

Focalistic, Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa and twin duo Major League DJz will all perform at the beach festival. DBN Gogo, De Mthuda, Kamo Mphela, Mr JazziQ, Uncle Waffles, Vigro Deep and Young Stunna will also be taking the stage.

Nigerian superstars Burna Boy and WizKid will be headlining the event. Other African musicians on the lineup are Love Nwantiti hitmaker Ckay, Diamond Platinumz and songstress Tems. 

After the lineup for Afro Nation was announced, Mzansi praised our amapiano artists for taking the genre to the world.

One tweep wrote:

“That Afro Nation lineup is basically the Avengers of amapiano”. 

“That amapiano lineup at Afron Nation is too much,” wrote another tweep. 

“The way amapiano DJs [are] merged into the Afro Nation lineup is amazing.”

Amapiano has risen to become one of the most successful genres in South Africa. In 2021, the likes of Focalistic, DBN Gogo and Major League DJz travelled outside of Mzansi’s borders to share the sound with the world. The genre also sparked some international and local collaborations.

Focalistic teamed up with Nigerian musician Davido on a track titled Champion Sound that fused S’pitori and Pidgin English. Major League DJz revealed that they had some exciting international collaborations coming up this year.

What will 2022 hold for amapiano?