His life in music was a struggle against narrow definitions - of ‘race’, instrumental appropriateness and musical genre.

Kampire says she is interested in the African music styles from the 1970s and 1980s because those sounds “permeated my ...

The All Africa Music Awards has announced a new cultural partnership with the British High Commission in Nigeria to expand creative exchange, deepen cultural ties, and open wider global opportunities ...

African fans, Afrobeats enthusiasts, and everyone who likes underdog stories of artists working hard on their way to global recognition: rejoice! The Nigerian American superstar Davido, born David ...

Rwandan singer Ariel Wayz is in Nairobi, Kenya, for a week-long creative and promotional tour. This is her first major work trip since signing earlier this year with Universal Music Group (UMG) East ...

From June 3, 2025 to June 5, 2025, Nigeria will host the first Africa Music Business Roundtable. The event is designed to unite key stakeholders, policymakers, academics and innovators from the ...

Creating connections. South African music : The lion sleeps tonight ; Twentieth-century political history ; Twentieth-century entertainment history : live and mediated ; Graceland (1986) : world music ...

"Abridged paperback edition of Africa, volume 1 of The Garland encyclopedia of world music, with the addition of a new article, 'Exploring African Music' as well as articles by Alex Perullo, Gregory ...