The Ndlovu Youth Choir performed a Zulu rendition online, blending song and dance, and captured hearts with a celebration of ...

The deaths of boys during traditional circumcision rites in South Africa highlight significant risks and challenges ...

At least 48 boys and young men died during the latest round of initiation ceremonies in South Africa, which involve the ...

During the African Student Association ‘s workshop Tuesday, music reverberated throughout Pennington Hall as students learned the dynamic steps of African dance. From the lively Afrobeats to ...

South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo will return to the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs. Known as “South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World” by the late ...

Montserrat treats the holiday as both a national celebration and a more somber milestone: a commemoration of a failed slave ...

African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But Rick Ross says this moment was inevitable — and believes Africa’s global ...

The 1965 album recorded in Cuba, entitled Las Maravillas de Mali, is a gem of its time, a showcase for Maïga’s early ...

The spirit of legendary jazz musician Hugh Masekela lives on at a new club in Johannesburg dedicated to his memory.

UK-based Nigerian-British concert pianist Rebeca Omordia, is repositioning African classical music for the global audiences through the African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall in London. She provides ...

Have you ever wondered what a Ghanaian-Caribbean Afro rock band producing music in the UK would’ve sounded like? Are you familiar with the ‘highlife’ genre? Osibisa, one of the most successful and ...

Ebo Taylor, the Ghanaian guitarist, composer and band leader whose work helped define the highlife genre and influenced generations of African musicians, has died at the age of 90, his family has ...