Directed by Professor Scott Marcus, head of the Ethnomusicology Program at UCSB, this winter quarter concert, on Saturday, ...

Rock art is widespread across southern Africa and includes a wide range of depictions such as human figures, animals, dots, handprints, and other painted or engraved imagery on rock surfaces. The rock ...

For many years, Bongo Flava was largely driven by male artists, especially during its commercial rise in the early 2000s.While pioneering female stars such as Lady Jaydee and Ray C achieved major ...

A Ugandan entrepreneur’s quiet assembly of a Pan-African creative group raises a more fundamental question. As GEOFREY SERUGO wonders, is East Africa finally building the infrastructure its creative ...

Egyptian multihyphenate Mohamed Ramadan — who last year became the first artist from Egypt to perform at the Coachella Valley ...

What you need to know: This worldwide celebration honours not only the French language, which is spoken by more than 320 million people across all continents but also the shared values that unite the ...

Born in Nairobi and raised within the Rwandan diaspora in Kenya, Mike Kayihura carries his geography with him. His upbringing across cultural spaces has had a clear influence on his musical identity.

Students at Northeast Elementary School ended the school week with a visit from special guests as the African Children’s Choir performed for PreK through fourth-grade students.

From viral skits to life’s valleys, she proves the punchline is only half the story. Behind ...

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of ...

The backstory: A percussion instrument deeply-rooted in African music, the marimba shows up in everything from atonal avant-garde pieces to modern American pop songs. And yes, many people might know ...

When Lance Sampson started digging through his past to learn where his family came from, he didn’t know it would lead to an ambitious concept album that ties nearly 250 years of Black African Nova ...