This week, Spotlight on Africa explores cinema and music scoring for African documentary projects with storytellers from Mozambique and Kenya. We will also bring you news from the Cannes Film Festival ...

Irene Labdi Ommes, 31, known as LABDI, is a Kenyan musician and composer, and a pioneering female Orutu player breaking cultural taboos around the traditional instrument. The orutu, a one-stringed Luo ...

During his long career, Egyptian-born musician Halim El-Dahb was known as one of the early avatars of electronic music, beginning his explorations in the 1940s. After moving to the U.S., becoming a ...

Kent’s Standing Rock Cultural Arts has been celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) for many years — 20 to be exact — with an art exhibition that features work in diverse media by local ...

Songwriter producer Fancy Fingers (Polycarp Otieno) and singer- songwriter Winyo (Polycarp Shiphton Onyango). The duo have just released a joint album titled Jawaya Jathum. Two multitalented Kenyan ...

A new set of awards has been launched to recognise the work of black Welsh artists. The Black Welsh Music Awards aim to become "the Welsh Mobos" – Music of Black Origin Awards – and elevate artists in ...

No ceremony, be it a wedding or a memorial, would be complete without either a nyatiti or ohangla (orutu) player invited to entertain guests. But the advent of the guitar and other modern musical ...

Singer Jabidii's mother, Ayuni Nyapolo, has taken over TikTok with her viral song Miel Matin. Jabidii's mum Ayuni Nyapolo impressed Kenyans with her hit song. Photos: @mama_jabidii. In a video that ...

KENT, Ohio – What was once just a dream for nonprofit organization Standing Rock Cultural Arts is one step closer to fruition: the creation of a full-service cultural arts center in downtown Kent.