Nigerian music star Burna Boy is taking African music into the virtual world of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6), where he will co-host a dedicated radio station celebrating the continent’s musical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Forbes contributor covering beauty, fashion, lifestyle and travel. AfroFuture accomplished that and then some. The festival ...

For DJ and producer Afro B, the pandemic was a time to capitalize on the momentum. Heading into the worldwide shutdown, the forefather of Afrobeats and Afrowave genres has one of the biggest singles ...

A new award category for music from the continent reflects its exploding cultural and commercial appeal in the United States and beyond. Last December, the Recording Academy convened a listening ...

Juma Jux is looking beyond Tanzania, with the Bongo Flava star pursuing international opportunities in both music and fashion as he works to build a wider African presence.While his music career has ...

Fate has a funny way of revealing itself. What began as a friendly chance meeting between Atlanta neighbors has now blossomed into an ambitious, cutting-edge production music partnership that’s poised ...

Afro Nation lands in the US, recruiting Burna Boy and WizKid to headline the inaugural Afro Nation Miami 2023. Afro Nation expands to the US with Burna Boy and WizKid headlining the first Afro Nation ...

Kofi Agawu challenged the idea that African music is something that is ‘felt’ rather than thought about analytically.

The inaugural Afro Nation Miami 2023 follows the success of the 2022 Afro Nation festivals in Portugal, Puerto Rico & Ghana. By Heran Mamo UPDATE (March 8): Fireboy DML, Sech and Mavado have been ...

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 ...

Black. It is the color that absorbs all colors, the shade that holds the sun's warmth as it moves east to west. It is the color of a people, not just African but Caribbean, Middle Eastern, American, ...