The Nation Newspaper

Africa’s beats are owning the global music spotlight

Africa’s music scene is no longer just a regional sensation, it has become the pulse of global pop culture. As African music continues to enchant global audiences, Spotify Wrapped 2024 unveils the ...
clickondetroit.com

Celebrating African culture with Afro Beats

Live in the D – The biggest festival in the world is coming to Detroit this weekend. Afro Nation is a festival celebrating African culture through Afro Beats. SMADE and Joshusa Koram, who are ...
W magazine

Tyla, Tems, & Ayra Starr: Meet the African Pop Stars Shaking Up Music Around the World

Clockwise from top left: Busiswa Gqulu, Tems, Tula, Amaarae, Moonchild Sannelly, Uncle Waffles, Ayra Starr, Aya Nakamura, and Tiwa Savage. Collage by Ashley Peña Africa, with its 54 countries and more ...

Inside KC’s thriving African drum and dance community, younger than ever

This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...
Uproxx

‘Ku Lo Sa’ To The World: How Oxlade’s Debut Album Bridges Africa And The World With Authenticity

Everything changed for Oxlade in 2022. The Nigerian afrobeats singer, who already had quality records in his discography, climbed to heights that few afrobeats artists have seen. That year, he ...
Miami Herald

The world’s listening to Afrobeats. Why is Haitian konpa still struggling to crossover?

Turn on your favorite urban contemporary Miami radio station and you will hear a rotation of hip-hop, dancehall, reggaeton and Afrobeats, the fast-rising music set to percussive African beats with a ...
insider.si.edu

African rhythms & beats : bringing African traditions to the classroom / Calla Isaak

Introduction. Some notes before we begin ; Beginnings ; Basic drum technique ; Rhythmic vocabulary patterns -- Stage 1 rhythmic vocabulary patterns. Gankogui and Axatse ; Obwahsimisah: a game song ; ...
Los Angeles Times

Grammys announce three new categories, including best African music performance

Three new categories have been added ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards: best African music performance, best alternative jazz album and best pop dance recording. Additionally, producer of the year, ...
Variety

From Beyonce’s ‘My Power’ to ‘Black Panther,’ New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...
WSOC-TV

Senior African drum group honors ancestry through music and movement

CHARLOTTE — All day Saturday, you can enjoy food, music, dancing and more at the 12th annual Charlotte African American Festival. The Uptown event celebrates the heritage and accomplishments of ...
WWNO

An inside look at an AP African American Studies class in Louisiana

Emmitt Glynn leads the AP African American studies course at Baton Rouge Magnet High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 2, 2023. The steading rhythm of djembe drums envelops Emmitt Glynn’s ...