Teachers can help the origins of jazz and hip-hop come alive for students with resources that highlight these influential ...

Tyla’s once again standing up for African artists, their music, and the world’s perception of them. During her acceptance speech at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Afrobeats, the “Water” ...

Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for ...

Fela Kuti became the first African to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards. He was honored posthumously on Saturday alongside Chaka ...

McGregor Hall is slated to host A Celebration of African Music and Dance, a concert billed as tracing the roots of African ...

Davido embraces his 2026 Grammy nomination for "With You" while advocating for homegrown infrastructure and an "African ...

The 2024 Grammy Awards saw the inception of the "Best African Music Performance" category. However, some digging shows how the category leaves out a large scope of the music coming out of the ...

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 ...

South African pop star, Tyla, has once again stamped her authority on the global music stage after winning the Best African ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

The African American Choral Ensemble is putting on a 50th anniversary concert celebration, bringing together 100 alumni and ...