As African music continues to gain international traction, digital platforms focused on regional genres are attracting ...

Africa's music festival landscape has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry, and as we sit here , it's impossible to deny how much the continent has become a powerhouse for live music ...

Delegates at event in Cape Verde highlight opportunities from tech while stressing AI is no replacement for talent ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

African-led AI tools: New platforms like Nigeria’s Korin AI are enabling artists to create music in native African languages with authentic pronunciation and style. Ethics and preservation: Projects ...

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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 ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Music Industry in South Africa" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The South African music industry is sub-Saharan Africa's fastest-growing music ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture, were fortunately no match for their ...