This Is Africa - Saint Realest
Saint Realest is one of Malawi’s most popular musicians and he’s back with a new album, Saintrified. It has been top of Malawi’s charts, and as Saint Realest tells DJ Edu, he feels it is his most mature, most realised work to date.
Saint Realest has previously addressed social concerns in his songs, and he says that roughly half of the songs in this album do this, but that Malawians prefer love songs these days, so he provides these in the remaining songs.
Saint Realest also discusses the progress Malawi’s music industry has made, not least thanks to better and cheaper access to data. Malawian musicians are now able to get revenue from streaming and, as Saint Realest has done, get a million streams for a record in just days.
DJ Edu’s 10in10 tracklisting:
Oh No - Rema (Nigeria)
Temarkialew - Biruk Jane (Ethiopia)
Astahfirlah - Raa Da Vr (Gambia)
Love Code - INCREDIBLE JJ (Sierra Leone)
To Night - Anatal (Madagascar)
Cheeta – Anitram ft Nuchie Meek (Liberia)
ZOMBIE - LAZARO (Morocco)
Designer - Billnass (Tanzania)
Sin Ti (Special Version) - Djily Ngom (Senegal)
Ipepete [Remix] - Masauti ft Iyanii (Kenya)
Presenter: DJ Edu
Producer: Catherine Fellows
Published on Friday, 6th November 2026.
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