African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

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 ...

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

T, a 21-year-old South African DJ, balances her final year of law studies with a burgeoning music career, inspiring others in a male-dominated industry.

In the pulsing heart of South Africa’s electronic music scene, a collective called Bantwanas is reshaping how the world experiences Afro-electronic music. With hypnotic beats, organic rhythms, and a ...

The Bay Area has a vibrant and eclectic music scene, but when Jessica Kariisa moved here last year she couldn’t find many places playing the African dance hits she loves. She’d spent time in big East ...

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...

Nigerian music producer and artist manager, Simon Okeke has emerged the only Afrobeats producer to represent Africa at the 2022 BET Hip Hop award which took place recently. Okeke attended the event ...

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 ...

While San Juan’s vibrant streets draw millions of visitors to Puerto Rico every year, just a short drive away lies Loíza — a town that pulses with the soulful rhythms of Africa’s enduring legacy. Here ...

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 ...