From generation to generation, stories, songs and history are passed down through western African Griots — hereditary ...

Yannick Diekeno Ilunga, aka Petite Noir, makes music that reflects the fragmented identities and borderless visions of the ...

The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In the northern ...

Music is Culture is an unusual organization, dedicated to preserving and nurturing at-risk cultures around the world. Among their projects is one focused on the Ndau ethnic group in southern Zimbabawe ...

In 2007 Endicott launched Music4Life, a Seattle-based music education nonprofit that has since donated about $2 million worth of use musical instruments to school districts across the Puget Sound ...

The rise of Afrobeats and Amapiano stems from years of effort to redefine African music beyond the vague ‘world music’ label into clear, distinct genres.

Explore the rich tapestry of South Africa’s music scene as we celebrate the living icons who have shaped its vibrant soundscape, from traditional melodies to contemporary beats.

Master percussionist Chief Baba Neil Clarke explained that African musical traditions — which included African instruments and aesthetics — significantly shaped American music and led to the ...

ISTANBUL A traditional musical instrument, shantu, which is an important part of Hausa culture in Nigeria, has fallen into obscurity with the emergence of different musical instruments and genres.

The National Troupe of Nigeria on Sunday said plans were underway to produce a performance of an African traditional musical instrument orchestra.

Ms Bulama-Gana said this would entail bringing artists from different African countries and their local musical instruments to produce an orchestra.