Apple Music is launching its first radio show in Africa. The streaming platform announced May 28 that “Africa Now Radio with Cuppy” will debut May 31 and will feature a mix of contemporary and ...

He is a business administrator by training but Latunji finds himself leading his International Afro Roots group in a revolution of some sort in the music world today. This revolution in the music ...

This article is the second in a three part-series about 3-Step and its unifying impact across borders in Africa. The first article analysed how 3-Step's emergence helped change the narrative of music ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

Robert Farris Thompson, an eminent art historian recognized for his field-leading research and writing on the art, history, culture, dance, and music of Africa and the Afro-Atlantic world, and who was ...