If you travel through Africa and speak with musicians, you'll encounter various accounts of reggae's African origins. Perhaps only hip-hop boasts more claims of primal ownership on the continent.

The concept of "Africa rising" has long lacked significance, and the idea of an African renaissance often appears as a lofty slogan without practical manifestation. However, recent political events in ...

A non-Rastafarian reggae musician who grew up a practicing Muslim, Tiken Jah Fakoly is a native of Africa’s Ivory Coast who draws most of his material and inspiration from his home continent. His ...

It's Thursday night in downtown Johannesburg and some 500 people are packed into Bassline, a warehouse-like club in a hipster-friendly neighborhood. They're here for South Africa's longest-running ...

Lucky Dube, the best-selling South African reggae singer of all time, was murdered during a carjacking in 2007. Now his 27-year-old daughter,... In South Africa, A Reggae Legacy Lives On It's Thursday ...