Juneteenth was celebrated with dancing and a history lesson at the Center for African American History, Art, and Culture on ...

Nigeria’s fast-rising music executive, CandyTimi, has peaked as one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures driving the next generation of African sound.From Lagos to the wider continent, ...

When Nicole Iradukunda, 24, a second-year theology student at Africa College of Theology in Kigali, first joined her Bible study group, she didn’t expect to find a warm and genuine atmosphere. But it ...

Recently, Nigerian vocalist, Ayra Starr, the celestial voice behind the song ‘Rush’ was named Best International Act at the ...

American music is inextricable from African-American artists. In the 20th century especially, what the masses accepted as ...

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 ...

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 ...

The same year, she was also selected as a RADAR Africa artist, a program designed to promote rising talent from the region on a global scale. From her early days as an emerging artist, Tyla has ...

The African Music Week (AMW) Accra was launched on December 27, 2024, at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC). The music festival, set to take place from December 15 to 20, 2025 ...

From captivating rhythms to technological innovations, streaming platforms are revolutionizing the African music industry. From Jerusalema, which united the world amid a pandemic, to the global ...

This article provides a review of Western and African music. The study made a comparison of Western and African music against a biased background towards Western music especially during the nineteenth ...

Atlanta’s popular dance party that celebrates the relentless rhythms of amapiano. The weekly event, formed in 2022, uses amapiano (a jazzy subgenre of South African house music) as a gateway to ...