Akabu has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 12 episodes and was first played on 26 November 2015.

English female reggae/soul/funk/hip-hop band who recorded on the On-U Sound label with producer Adrian Sherwood. In 1981 a group of seven female musicians formed a band called African Woman - the world's first widely-known all female reggae band. They were Shelomi Coke, Diane White, Caroline Williams, Paulette Coke, Valerie Skeete, Barbara Grossett and Vyris Edghill. Their debut album 'African Woman Abroad' was released in 1982.

In 1985 Valerie Skeete and Vyris Edghill took another avenue and recorded a soul track, "Watch Yourself" under the name of…