South African superstar Tyla has won her first MTV Video Music Award and used her acceptance speech to educate the global music industry about the rich diversity of African music. The 2024 MTV Video ...

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 In 2024, South African ...

When people say African music is having a “global moment,” they are often talking about only a small part of the continent. “Nigeria and South Africa are dominating the most,” said Tuma Basa, ...

Older genres classed in the World Music category and headlined by Angélique Kidjo continue to inspire newer genres, Afrobeats and Amapiano. Here are 25 standout tunes of 2023. 1. Tyler ICU & Tumelo.za ...

The ninth edition of the Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, is once again a reminder that Africa’s music industry has never lacked talent, energy or global relevance. What it has often lacked are strong ...

She’s one of Africa’s greatest stars but the legendary singer is still fighting for change for the continent’s youth. Angélique Kidjo has won more awards than any other African musician. With 16 ...

That legacy continues with a new generation of artists, including Tyla and Busiswa, who are expanding the possibilities of South African music while introducing local sounds to audiences beyond the ...

Cuban music is a combination of Spanish décima poetry and African music and rhythms, but we know that the driving forces in Cuban music are the African polyrhythms, not the poetry. Some might say that ...

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 ...

A new award category for music from the continent reflects its exploding cultural and commercial appeal in the United States and beyond. Last December, the Recording Academy convened a listening ...

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 ...