Gary Burke looked on proudly in his Civil War-era U.S. Colored Troops uniform as Juneteenth festivities unfolded at the ...

This week marks the Juneteenth holiday, a day set aside to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...