Africa's music scene is exploding with incredible talent! We're diving into the continent's most dynamic and groundbreaking ...

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album ...

Older genres classed in the World Music category and headlined by Angélique ... With accolades like the coveted top spot of the Billboard South Africa chart, its retinue of collaborators is hopefully ...

Akinyemi Ayinoluwa is a Nigerian entertainment lawyer, recently named to Billboard's 2025 Top Music Lawyers list. This honor recognizes him as one of the most influential legal figures shaping today's ...

The last decade and a half has been an incredible period of international growth for African popular music, led by West Africa’s Afrobeats and South Africa’s Amapiano. But the buzz I’ve been ...

This final part of a trilogy on the evolution of African popular music focuses on the growing influence of the continent’s rhythms as a global cultural force. What better way to celebrate Africa ...

traditional music was well along in giving way to popular music. And when jazz flooded America, it became a prominent cultural export to the African continent. So did the traditional forms of Cuba, ...

Banning Eyre: Agatchu, good to meet you. You may not know us but we've been covering African popular music since 1988, and it's been interesting to watch how things have changed over all those years.

Orlando is buzzing as award-winning African music artist Burna Boy brings his 'No Sign Of Weakness Tour' to the city.

The way Davido sees it, Nigerian culture is having a moment. “We’re very popular, not only in music,” the 32-year-old Afrobeats star told AFP during a recent interview in Paris, pointing to ...

141-154 (14 pages) African Pianism is a style of piano music which employs techniques and styles used in the performance of African instrumental traditional songs and African popular music. The ...