The dam appeared to break in 2024, as South African phenom Tyla made Grammy and chart history. But for a wide field of buzzed ...

A new award category for music from the continent reflects its exploding cultural and commercial appeal in the United States and beyond. Last December, the Recording Academy convened a listening ...

The most revealing measure of an entertainment executive’s career is often found not in a job title, but in the calibre of people and projects with which they have been trusted to work.For Daisy Thato ...

Musicians and music educators of African nationality and living in an African country are invited to submit AI-driven music project proposals. By Heran Mamo The Wits Innovation Centre and Machine ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stars gathered in Lagos on 20th September 2026 for the premiere of Kamo State's film Starlomo, dressing to the African Music Icon theme ahead of its 25th September cinema release.

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 ...

Thuso Mbedu leads Paramount’s fantasy adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi’s bestseller, with Tems overseeing a soundtrack featuring ...

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