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07 Feb 2023
The nominees for the 2023 National Arts Merit Awards (NAMAs) in Zimbabwe have been announced ahead...
07 Feb 2023
Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) is inviting Arab artists to submit applications for music...
07 Feb 2023
Blue Ox Music Festival in the US is inviting bluegrass, Americana and folk singers – or any other...
07 Feb 2023
Kenyan singer Xenia Manasseh has been named as Spotify’s EQUAL Africa artist for February.
06 Feb 2023
Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg has announced the recipients of its 2023 Goethe Project Space (GPS...
06 Feb 2023
The Prince Claus Fund, in partnership with the Creative Industries Fund in the Netherlands, has...
06 Feb 2023
The winners for the 2023 Backing Vocalists and Session Musicians (BVSM) Awards in South Africa were...
06 Feb 2023
Publishers and songwriters are invited to submit applications for translations and adaptations...
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03 Feb 2023
There is a line in AKA and Nasty C ’s ‘ Lemons (Lemonade) ’ that goes “People say hip hop died,...
02 Feb 2023
South African electronic artist Zakes Bantwini has been on an impressive upward trajectory as of...
02 Feb 2023
By Sanya Osha Angélique Kidjo , the energetic singer and songwriter and activist from the Republic...
31 Jan 2023
On 31 December, well-known Zimbabwean dancehall artist Winky D released his much-awaited ninth...
30 Jan 2023
Ghanaian-French scholar and music legend Rob Roy Reindorf, 73, is captivating audiences in Europe...
25 Jan 2023
By Gibson Ncube Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, affectionately known in Zimbabwe as ’The Queen of Mbira’...
Overviews
06 Jan 2023
By Drum Circle Sudan Like many other African countries, Sudan boasts a wide range of traditional...
05 Jan 2023
The beginning of modern music in Sudan, including Sudanese jazz, dates back to the 1920s, with one...
04 Jan 2023
At the start of the 1960s, Sudanese musicians began incorporating Western influences in their...
22 Mar 2022
Live music is an integral part of most, if not all, cultures around the world and is the thread...
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27 Jan 2023
It may not be their most popular technique, but those whom the music gods want to immortalise, they...
21 Dec 2022
On his second collection (A.P.P) Accumulation of Profit and Power , Fela Kuti ’s former Egypt 80...
11 Nov 2022
Ghanaian singer-songwriter Kwabena Kwabena swears by highlife, the West African art form which...
08 Nov 2022
By Charles Maganga When he released his sophomore album in November 2021, many thought Harmonize...
20 Oct 2022
Ghanaian music has never known a story quite like that of Black Sherif . The demure 20 year old’s...
06 Oct 2022
Amid all the Afrobeats frenzy, Ghanaian guitar wizard Kyekyeku is winning at revamping West African...
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08 Jun 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Music In Africa Foundation’s Instrument Building and Repair...
08 Jun 2022
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