These trailblazers include Miriam Makeba, the first African artist to win a Grammy Award in 1966; Hugh Masekela, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968 with “Grazing in the Grass”; and CKay, ...

South African musicians showed their creativity and range when they created the amapiano sound. And while it is still unclear who introduced the increasingly popular music genre to the world ...

Events this weekend include the Quad Cities Pride Festival, Summer Kickoff Block Party, Pulling Focus African American Film ...

Police have revealed Forsyth doctor William A. Frame and his wife Lorie Frame both died from single gunshot wounds.

Kenyan R&B singer Njerae has been named Spotify’s EQUAL Africa Ambassador for June 2025, joining a distinguished group of ...

One man's smooth amapiano dance moves at foreign club impresses SA so much they want to give him citizenship, and the video ...

Though Assossa claims Cavacha is not a type of music but rather a dance style, music fans of the mid-1970s, the majority of ...

Canon Academy Juniors Partners with Star Kids Club to Ignite Creativity in Kampala’s Young Talent through Photography ...

Human rights activists in Kenya and Uganda are demanding accountability following accounts of torture and unlawful detention by Tanzanian police given by two lobbyists, Boniface Mwangi and Agather ...

This Africa Day, we must confront a painful truth: Independence without justice is a broken promise. It is time to interrogate — and actively address — why countless African nations that have ...

Lancaster’s Cleo Hearn is a rodeo legend. His four sons have all made their mark on the sport. Even his toddler ...

A successful music industry executive and a well-known drummer have been identified as the two people killed when a private plane that departed from the East Coast crashed into a military housing ...