But the Ethiopian government and other African regimes have good reason to fear musicians. Opposition parties in Africa tend ...

The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop ...

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 ...

The artists in the running discuss the category's first class and how they hope this step will inspire the industry going forward. By Lyndsey Havens After Harvey Mason Jr. embarked on a series of ...

Musicians and music educators of African nationality and living in an African country are invited to submit AI-driven music project proposals. By Heran Mamo The Wits Innovation Centre and Machine ...

Long regarded as the continent's living archive of history, identity and collective memory, African music is now at the centre of an urgent conversation about reforming and strengthening music ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be ...

The ensemble, made up of musicians from across Africa, will perform in public for only the second time as part of world orchestra week at the legendary New York venue A pioneering pan-African youth ...

A look at three styles of African music and how they changed their nations. The Cat Empire are taking us around the world of music for the next five weeks as they host Double J's Artist In Residence.

Musicians worldwide have been placing their tracks with global streaming platforms such as Spotify for many years. South African musicians, however, have reported only sparse earnings from streaming ...