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Why AFRIMA matters and why Africa must keep it alive

By Olumide IyandaTHE 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 ...
Global superstar Burna Boy claimed the prestigious Album of the Year award for his latest work No Sign of Weakness.
Tyla’s once again standing up for African artists, their music, and the world’s perception of them. During her acceptance speech at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Afrobeats, the “Water” ...
The January 15-17 show pays tribute to the influence of African music on the work of renowned jazz artist Duke Ellington. We ...
Halmblog Music’s mission extends beyond technology — it’s a movement advocating for fair representation and artist-first ...
International effort marks gamma.’s significant investment in Vydia and the region to broaden the sphere of influence of underserved territories within the global digital ecosystem LOS ...
Traditional African musical sounds and songs are under threat today. More than 50 years after the end of official colonial rule, the legacy of colonialism continues to sideline many traditional ...
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 ...
The mostly female African musical troupe Tartit was formed in the 1990s to play the European folk circuit. But these days, they're louder and faster. The mostly female African troupe, Tartit, who was ...
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 ...