JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African musical export Amapiano has crossed borders and cultural barriers, reaching as far as Japan. To top female artists Kamo Mphela and DBN Gogo, who helped put the ...

Their impact is especially visible online, where African artists dominate viral charts, TikTok challenges and YouTube trends.

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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Amapiano is a soulful mix of grooves, sonic textures and moods that can be by turns hectic, smooth, melodic or ...

Award-winning creative powerhouse, entrepreneur, DJ, author and radio host Kutloano “Da Kruk” Nhlapo has added yet another title to his ever-expanding résumé: podcast host.

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...

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Janka Nabay, a singer, songwriter and bandleader from Sierra Leone who modernized an ancient tradition called bubu and carried it worldwide, died Monday in the Kambia district in northern Sierra Leone ...

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 ...