The Conversation

Amapiano Awards: South Africa’s dance music scene spreads its joy across the world

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Amapiano is a soulful mix of grooves, sonic textures and moods that can be by turns hectic, smooth, melodic or ...
Pitchfork

Afrobeat Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves From Africa

A new compilation of this hybrid Nigerian dance music—popularized in the U.S. by the likes of Drake and Diplo—shows that with Afrobeats, there’s much more than one dance. Save this story Save this ...
The Lantern

West African dance institute demonstrating culture on campus

The Thiossane West African Dance Institute is bringing the sights, sounds and motion of West Africa to Ohio State this week. The Thursday, Friday and Sunday performances in Sullivant Hall will be ...
CNN

How ‘Amapiano’, South Africa’s soulful sound, has become one of the hottest new music genres

A distinct sound is currently vibing on social feeds around the world: the deep house, log-drum driven basslines and soulful piano melodies of “Amapiano.” While Amapiano dance challenges are currently ...
Briefly on MSN

Gagasi FM’s DJ Sphectacula and DJ Naves Honoured To Receive South African Dance Music Awards

South African DJs Sphectacula and Naves have won the Best Radio DJ award at the 2025 South African Dance Music Awards (SADMA) ...
The Citizen

Fabric to bring London’s clubland back to Mzansi

Legendary London club fabric will return to Mzansi in January to rave in the New Year in Joburg and Cape Town.
Rolling Stone

How South Africa’s ‘Jerusalema’ Became a Global Hit Without Ever Having to Be Translated

Just around 10 million people speak isiZulu, a language out of South Africa. So how did a song in the little-known dialect become a hit with billions of people around the world? The song in question ...
Colorado Daily

‘From Africa to the Americas’ brings origins of dance to Avalon Ballroom

In the early ’90s, Guatemalan-born dancer and choreographer Carmen Reina-Nelson brought the soulful dances of the Caribbean and Latin America to Boulder. Over the course of her career, she has taught ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Grammys Add Three New Categories, Including Best African Music Performance and Best Pop Dance Recording

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...
WLRN

‘Revelations in Rhythm’ honors the African roots of the art of tap dance

Tap dance is as much a part of Americana as blue jeans, barbecue or the Statue of Liberty. While not as popular today as it was during its “Golden Age” from 1920 to 1940, the American art form has ...
WRAL

Janka Nabay, Who Carried an African Dance Music Worldwide, Dies at 54

Janka Nabay, a singer, songwriter and bandleader from Sierra Leone who modernized an ancient tradition called bubu and carried it worldwide, died Monday in the Kambia district in northern Sierra Leone ...