The pan-Africanist ideal never died—it morphed into hybridised sonic fragments that connect Joburg to Nairobi via Lagos and Accra. One of the latest testaments to the continent’s far-reaching musical ingenuity is FOLA’s recently released catharsis, a project the rising Afrobeats star says was explicitly meant to heal. “This album is like building a soul hospital, looking for something to cleanse and repair your soul,” he tells Apple Music. “I want people to listen to these songs and let go of their worries. I want people to do more after listening to these songs.” Hear new music from catharsis on Africa Now, alongside everything else hot and new with roots in the continent, and hype up your library by adding anything that vibrates in lockstep with your beat.