Celebrating the rich legacy of South African music, Cyril Ramaphosa honours cultural icons who continue to shape the nation’s ...

NPR's Farai Chideya talks with music writers Tom Terrell and Christina Roden about "Legends of African Music" — some of the continent's top artists featured in this month's Global Rhythm magazine.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By late ’66, however, all that had changed. After a run of successes and having experienced the full mania of the record industry, ...

Fireboy DML’s highly anticipated fourth album ‘Adedamola’ is a love tribute to African music’s rich history, featuring collaboration with legendary singer Lagbaja amongst others. In a recent interview ...

This week, fans are still mourning the passing of a couple of Black music’s best – Frankie Beverly and Tito Jackson. But as the tributes pour in for those legends we lost, we wanted to take time to ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

The proliferation of smartphones and affordable, high-speed internet in Africa has facilitated the widespread consumption of music through digital mediums. African music spans diverse genres like ...