The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) is set to host The Diamond Party and Prize Presentation on Wednesday, June 3, at Voyage Lagos, Nigeria, as ...

Naponi Jurkin has a hard time finding a place to dance in Dallas. "I won't go somewhere if I know the music is bad or the DJ is bad," Jurkin said. Jurkin, who is South Sudanese, has struggled to find ...

After DJing in Miami for nearly a decade, including a stint as the resident DJ at Red Rooster’s weekly Afro-Caribbean series, the Shrine, Cameroon-born Leslie “Aya” Ayafor noticed a void in the city’s ...

Artists from the continent are breaking into the Western mainstream. We’ve got a playlist for your weekend cookout. By Desiree Ibekwe This week, The Times published a profile of Tems, a 28-year-old ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

When people say African music is having a “global moment,” they are often talking about only a small part of the continent.

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

Speaking ahead of the event, Marwane Fachane, member of the AFRIMA International Jury representing Northern Africa, said the organisation is committed not only to celebrating established artistes but ...