The week opened not with speeches alone, but with recorded sounds, shared memories and searching conversations about what it ...

Music was an essential part of my family’s household when I was growing up. Our day-to-day lives always had a soundtrack. Sometimes, we washed dishes to American greats like The Supremes, Aretha ...

Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Afrobeats has dominated global dance music for the last decade or so. Many of us will remember how acts like P-Square of Nigeria colonised ...

She’s the first African woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award in a jazz category. She is also the first Rwandan or Ugandan to ever be nominated for a Grammy. And she is the first East African actor ...

MUSCAT, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The coastal Arab nation of Oman is the unlikely centre of a thriving African music scene with roots stretching back centuries and across the seas to Zanzibar. The Omani ...

T he explosion of Afrobeats has been one of the biggest stories in the music industry over the past five years, with acts like Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, and Tems becoming global superstars. As ...

DJ Kampire working the crowd at the 2024 Brunch Electronic Festival in Barcelona, Spain. PHOTO/ASTRID MISKOVIC. One of East Africa’s top disc jockeys (DJs) and a core member of Uganda’s Nyege Nyege ...

East African music icons Ali Kiba and Jose Chameleone are among the many who have paid tribute to the late former prime minister Raila Odinga. Raila passed away on October 15, 2025, at the age of 80.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Afrobeats has dominated global ...