The festival is known for creating unexpected collaborations between artists from different musical backgrounds, and this ...

A landmark show at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new East London offshoot traces the emergence of eight genres of Black ...

The 1960s is a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

At 2 p.m. Feb. 3, I met John Fleming, his sister, and Ruby Miller, at the American Museum of Science and Energy. It was my privilege to provide a tour to acquaint our speaker for the evening with ...

Following a concert at Ghana’s biggest stadium in Tema on 26 December 2021, Ghanian dancehall musician Shattawale boasted about how his tickets sold out, a feat he said he managed without the support ...

Somi is a jazz singer whose music fuses African and African-American musical traditions. She talks with Farai Chideya about her twinned roots in Rwandan, Uganda and Champaign, Ill. CHIDEYA: This is ...