The mostly female African musical troupe Tartit was formed in the 1990s to play the European folk circuit. But these days, they're louder and faster. The mostly female African troupe, Tartit, who was ...

The University of South Africa (Unisa) hosted its inaugural African Music Festival over the weekend at its main campus in Pretoria offering a unique celebration of Africa’s rich musical heritage ...

Somi is a jazz singer whose music fuses African and African-American musical traditions. She talks with Farai Chideya about her twinned roots in Rwandan, Uganda and Champaign, Ill. CHIDEYA: This is ...

The emergence of Afrobeats and Afropop has long proven to be more than a passing trend, thanks to artists like Tiwa Savage, DaVido, Burna Boy, and Wizkid. Rather, they’ve sparked a new revolution.

Cuban music is a combination of Spanish décima poetry and African music and rhythms, but we know that the driving forces in Cuban music are the African polyrhythms, not the poetry. Some might say that ...

"I can’t wait to celebrate the incredible music that comes out of Africa, which has inspired me throughout my career," the music star says. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor DJ Khaled will serve ...

At 25, Ugandan singer-songwriter Joshua Baraka finds himself in a rare position—one that many artistes consciously pursue, yet only truly grow into with time. Across East Africa’s fast-evolving music ...

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 ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, July 22 (Reuters) - Global media and music brands are racing to claim a stake in Africa's music market as internet and smartphone penetration popularize artists and genres far ...

Rolling Stone Magazine has just published a rather subjective list of the 200 greatest singers of all time. Where does Africa and its many great talents factor in? Rankings are a part of daily life, ...