The week opened not with speeches alone, but with recorded sounds, shared memories and searching conversations about what it ...

Music was an essential part of my family’s household when I was growing up. Our day-to-day lives always had a soundtrack. Sometimes, we washed dishes to American greats like The Supremes, Aretha ...

Tanzanian music heavyweight Diamond Platnumz has added another major international milestone to his career after being officially featured on the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 album, released in ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Afrobeats has dominated global ...

MUSCAT, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The coastal Arab nation of Oman is the unlikely centre of a thriving African music scene with roots stretching back centuries and across the seas to Zanzibar. The Omani ...

She’s the first African woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award in a jazz category. She is also the first Rwandan or Ugandan to ever be nominated for a Grammy. And she is the first East African actor ...

T he explosion of Afrobeats has been one of the biggest stories in the music industry over the past five years, with acts like Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, and Tems becoming global superstars. As ...

DJ Kampire working the crowd at the 2024 Brunch Electronic Festival in Barcelona, Spain. PHOTO/ASTRID MISKOVIC. One of East Africa’s top disc jockeys (DJs) and a core member of Uganda’s Nyege Nyege ...

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Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Afrobeats has dominated global dance music for the last decade or so. Many of us will remember how acts like P-Square of Nigeria colonised ...