A celebration of music and culture from the world's second largest continent returns to New Jersey's largest city this weekend after a four-year absence. The Afro Beat Fest will take place on Saturday ...

The world’s largest music publisher Vivendi owned Universal Music Group (UMG) is taking its hop hop talents to Africa with the launch of Def Jam Africa, the first of UMG’s flagship labels to exist as ...

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 ...

During his lifetime, Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Anikilopa Kuti, who died on Aug. 2, 1997, was a human force of nature who redefined Africa’s music scene. Sign up for our Daily ...

When he took the Orchestra Hall stage in Detroit 20 years ago, it was part party and part political rally. Stripped to the waist, arms pumping in the air, he played sax and keyboards; he prowled the ...

Akon is bringing a taste of the African continent to Atlanta this weekend (July 23), with his inaugural Jollof Music And Food Festival. Akon is gearing up to introduce Atlanta’s first annual Jollof ...

The New Afrika Shrine located at NERDC Road, Agidingbi, Lagos, comes alive on August 2, 2012 as fans of the late great Fela Anikulapo Kuti and lovers of Afro-beat convene to celebrate 15 years since ...

The world does not exist. At least not the world that radio and record stores would have you believe exists, where American music resides in one aisle and the music of the rest of the globe in another ...

Six million people in the US identify as Afro Latino, according to Pew Research. In Boston, the Afro-Latino population has doubled in 20 years according to Boston Indicators. However, Afro-Latino ...

Swaranjali, a three-day music festival dedicated to the memory of Jitendra Abhisheki, Suresh Haldankar and CR Vyas, will begin at Nehru Centre this week. "Jitendra Abhisheki was simply unbeatable.In ...