For years, East African musicians have created sounds that have travelled across borders, filled dance floors and attracted audiences beyond the region.From Bongo Flava and Singeli in Tanzania to ...

Older genres classed in the World Music category and headlined by Angélique Kidjo continue to inspire newer genres, Afrobeats and Amapiano. Here are 25 standout tunes of 2023. 1. Tyler ICU & Tumelo.za ...

Discover how 'The Road Home' brings to life the powerful story of South African musicians whose voices transcended borders, ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Forbes contributor covering beauty, fashion, lifestyle and travel. AfroFuture accomplished that and then some. The festival ...

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 ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be ...

Ivorian rapper Didi B’s ‘En Haut’ blends trap, coupé-décalé, and call-and-response. With tempered vocals from JR, Didi B reels off braggadocio lyrics targeting his perceived foes. ‘En Haut’ employs ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...