The Bradford African Festival of Arts (BAFA) 2026 offered a vibrant platform for contemporary African creativity, and among the performances that helped define the festival’s musical character was ...

Breaking Boundaries with Rhythm, Melody, Culture, and Innovation. Globally celebrated figure and legendary musician, composer, instrumentalist, DJ, and producer Michael Prince Johnson has released his ...

Once considered niche, African genres like Afrobeats and Amapiano have taken over global playlists. What’s exciting is that this movement isn’t being led by men alone. A new wave of women are not just ...

Livingstone Etse Satekla, popularly known in the showbiz world as Stonebwoy, does not need much introduction when the ...

On a late October night last year in Puerto Rico, Rafa Pabön felt the sudden urge to create a new song. Around midnight, the 27-year-old singer/songwriter had finished rehearsing with his band.

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will host the 2025 African World Festival in Detroit's Hart Plaza from July 18-20. The event celebrates the African diaspora and marks the ...

Hand percussion, flutes and whistles, kora, bagpipes, some conventional rock instruments on the side and a layer of live electronics on top: here is a truly global melting pot of north, south, old and ...

When first-generation Eritrean American Weyni Kahsay was a child, she looked forward to the moments she could dance in traditional Eritrean dresses, surrounded by the sounds, smells and colors of her ...

The world’s music pulse is changing, and its heartbeat is African. Once considered niche, African genres like Afrobeats and Amapiano have taken over global playlists. What’s exciting is that this ...