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One moment they owned the airwaves; the next, they were ghosts. Discover the legends who conquered the world... then disappeared ...

J. Cole's 24-track final album, 'The Fall-Off,' took 10 years to create, serving as a deeply personal tribute to his hometown ...

He was meant to be second-in-command to the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland; in reality, he was the town’s de facto ruler.Ògèdèngbé Agbógungbórò (he who goes to war bearing his deity along) was the great 19th ...

India beat the Netherlands by 17 runs in their final Twenty20 World Cup Group A match on Wednesday in Ahmedabad as the co-hosts and defending champions maintained their perfect record heading into the ...

Sanders paid tribute to Jackson at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. “Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” Sanders said.

Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for him to come to the U.S.

While Afrobeat has evolved into what is now known as Afrobeats, there is little dispute that the movement was pioneered by Fela Kuti. A musical genius and an almost mythical figure in the early years ...