Senegalese artist Noumoucounda and his manager, Moda Diagne, are in Indianapolis to showcase the kora, an 800-year-old ...

Gambian President Adama Barrow on Monday inaugurated a new hybrid green ferry for the crossing of the estuary between the capital Banjul and the seaside town of Barra.The maritime corridor linking the ...

Longtime friends’ jammy rock is heavily influenced by West African music A conversation with Toubab Krewe percussionist Luke ...

Last week, football legend Eric Cantona released his debut studio album Perfect Imperfection via Barclay (Universal Music ...

Welcome to Theater News, a regular column by longtime reviewer Anita W. Harris. Look for it most Thursdays. Or sign up for ...

African music is dominating the global soundscape, with Afrobeats and other genres reshaping mainstream music worldwide. But ...

The Grammy-award winning South African composer of the iconic chant that opens “The Lion King” is suing a comedian, saying he ...

The annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival is returning this year, bringing some of the African cultural traditions practiced ...

Congo Square is set to thrum back to life next weekend, as the Congo Square Rhythms Festival returns to Louis Armstrong Park ...

California has dozens of murals of Cesar Chavez that should be reimagined as monuments to farmworkers, women and girls.

Winnie Harlow, Travis Scott and Kathy Hilton are spotted out and about at events in L.A., while Addison Rae performs at the ...

Wale recently spoke with OkayAfrica about Afrobeats and why it remains important for him to incorporate the sound into his ...