Nashville's Conference on African-American History and Culture celebrates 45 years Feb. 13. Everything to know ...
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.
For the enslaved Africans, music – rhythm in particular – became a tool of communication about their conditions. Later, it ...
Teachers can help the origins of jazz and hip-hop come alive for students with resources that highlight these influential ...
Jasmine "Jazz" Young expanded her global footprint with VRTEXX, a label built to elevate West African artists onto the world stage.
To celebrate Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison has a new weekly series on the music of the African ...
A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based ...
The African American Heritage Festival returns to Fort Frederica National Monument on Feb. 21 with live music, storytelling, ...
The soul and spirit of the music and drumming were Ghanaian, but the feet that moved to these rhythms came from thousands of ...
Long regarded as the continent's living archive of history, identity and collective memory, African music is now at the centre of an urgent conversation about reforming and strengthening music ...