AfroJazz Fest was born from a vision: to celebrate the opulence of African culture and music, harmonizing the enduring ...

The African Union (AU) and the All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) have formalised the long-standing partnership in promoting Africa’s creative and cultural industries, particularly in the field of music ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the American musical mainstream, creating popular new American music genres ...

A conversation with Angélique Kidjo on the power of music, Africa's future, and breaking boundaries. Grammy winner and UNICEF ambassador, Angélique Kidjo, shares insights on blending cultures ...

Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

The African Union and the All-Africa Music Awards have strengthened their partnership with a formal agreement to promote Africa’s creative and cultural industries, particularly music. According ...

Nigerian music star Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has clinched the Best African Music Performance award at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. Her hit track "Love Me JeJe" earned her the ...

Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has won the Best African Music Performance category at the 67th Grammy Awards. She secured the award with her song Love Me JeJe ...

In particular, global sounds and African music often floated into play as one of Byrne’s true musical loves. “About a month or so ago, I went down a rabbit hole of contemporary African music,” Byrne ...

On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the African Union (AU) and the All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) formalized their long-standing partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ...