With his first album in 10 years, Mulatu Plays Mulatu, recorded in both London and Addis Ababa, 81 year-old Mulatu Astatke, native of Jimma, Ethiopia and father of Ethio jazz, reimagines a portion of ...

The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created during the Malian Empire by the Mandé people across regions including Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Picture a goblet ...

AFA copy 39088019750660 gift from Janet Stanley. Percival Kirby was a musician and ethnomusicologist and for many years head of the music department at the University of the Witwatersrand, ...

Artists from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa have been paired with AI engineers to advance music innovation.

Long before the advent of streaming platforms and modern studio booths, African music resonated across the continent like a heartbeat. From palm-wine courts and beer parlours to bustling village ...

Essay on categorizing the representations of humans and animals on Central African musical instruments. Laurenty develops a four-part schema (page 48), which is based on whether the whole or a part of ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

Nigerian singer and songwriter CKay has criticised the popularised use of the term “Afrobeats,” describing it as a convenient ...