Africa is diverse in cultures, languages and music. I don't even know Burna Boy ... with her protest song "Kelmti Horra" ("My Word is Free") when it became an anthem during the Arab Spring.

In February, the singer won the first-ever Grammy for African music performance, for her sultry, gorgeously sung single “Water,” a defining track of the African music wave that’s reshaped ...

AFRICAN music, with its rich rhythms, ancestral instruments, and soul-stirring dialects, is more than just sound to Johnny Sourou—it is identity, heritage, and mission. The veteran Beninese ...

THE present volume will be welcomed by all A concerned with native music, but particularly by anthropologists ... It is true that in South Africa this isolation even of the most primitive tribes ...

Amid the global boom of Afrobeats and Amapiano, one may easily forget a generation of musicians who put Africa on the map during the period when music from the continent was generally categorised ...

But Davido himself is also a product of African music. “I grew up in an African household where we were always throwing parties, music was always playing in the house, going in the car to school ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

Music revenues surged in South Africa in the past year, driven by the growing adoption of smartphones and streaming apps. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s ...

702's Gugs Mhlungu spoke to Founder of Africa Rising Music Conference, Sarah Jane Nicholson. Listen to their conversation in the audio clip below. The Africa Rising Music Conference is a female ...

The Cape Town Opera Chorus from South Africa stages Horizons at the Divine Music Administration inside the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Oct 10, 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The ...