Ghanaian singer Amaarae carries the influence of her diverse musical upbringing into her own experimental Afro-fusion—and it’s no wonder, with a childhood spent between the US and Ghana and filled with everything from punk and soul to hip-hop and jazz. For her Africa Month playlist, Amaarae curates an exhaustive timeline of cross-continental and cross-genre creativity, with music from Daddy Lumba, Les Nubians, Shatta Wale, Fela Kuti, and more. As Amaarae tells Apple Music: “This collection of songs explores the politically charged and psychedelic grooves and lyrics of the ’70s; the slick sexual innuendos and western R&B/hip-hop-adjacent production of mid- to late-’90s highlife and hip-life; and the Afrobeats explosion of the 2010s that charted a new path for African music all together. These songs are the reason I am me and you are you,” she adds. “We’ve lived with them all our lives through our parents, friends, and lovers. Today we celebrate the artists that made these moments possible.”