Cape Town, SA, May 05, 2026 (PinionNewswire) — As African music continues to gain international traction, digital platforms focused on regional genres are attracting increasing attention from global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American blues musician Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker (1910 - 1975), UK, 3rd March 1965. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty ...

Many diaspora musicians are blending traditional African sounds with modern genres like hip-hop, jazz, and electronic music. ...

African musical instruments have long been an integral part of the continent's cultural heritage, but now, diaspora artists ...

Easton Area High School concluded the first year of its Advanced Placement African American studies with a dance and music ...

Over the last decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. There’s now an Afrobeats category at the MTV Video Music Awards, and performers like ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...

Rema claimed three major awards, including Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artist in Western Africa, and Best African R&B & Soul The full list of 2026 AFRIMA winners includes major Nigerian acts like ...

Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage has asserted that African music was not declining but entering a correction phase necessary to sustain the industry.Speaking as a keynote speaker at the Oxford Africa ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979. With ...