Kenya’s Nyokabi Kariuki fuses African traditions and global sounds to redefine experimental music with a bold, genre-defying ...

African music has exploded onto the world stage in recent years, but its streaming platforms lag behind. Spotify is only available in five African countries and while Apple Music recently expanded ...

Hart Plaza Park will be filled with live performances, spoken word, and cultural showcases as the Detroit African World Festival returns this weekend.

African music has exploded onto the world stage in recent years, but its streaming platforms lag behind. Spotify is only available in five African countries and while Apple Music recently expanded ...

Chimuerenga means 'uprising', not in a metaphorical sense either. It's a Shona word that loosely translates into "revolutionary struggle". It has been adapted into the word commonly used whenever ...

The Best African Music Of 2008 This has been a strong year for African music, with two big trends emerging: the continuing integration of African music into the U.S. and European mainstream, as ...

How ‘Amapiano’, South Africa’s soulful sound, has become one of the hottest new music genres By Daryl Brown , CNN 6 minute read ...

Even outside of shows in giant sporting arenas, ambitious African music is also making inroads in the U.S. and European underground. Addis Ababa-based electronic producer Mikael Seifu released his ...

This week, The Times published a profile of Tems, a 28-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter who, in recent years, has: become the first African artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would ...

This is music that, for me, lives comfortably within the realm of South African jazz. Embedded with folk music, it emanates an undeniable “South African-ness” while also being very much of the ...