First installment of eight-album series arrives March 20; live performance set for Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival.

The Undefeated released "Music for the Movement/Black History Always" to honor Black culture featuring stars like Brent Faiyaz andTinasche.

For Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison shares another segment exploring the music of the African diaspora.

These 11 African coastal bases pair city energy with easy outings—ferries to islands, UNESCO old towns, ruins, reefs, and breezy promenades. Plan early walks, long lunches, and simple day trips that ...

Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West ...

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.

From Lagos to Paris, the beat is getting louder. Nine French composers recently joined forces with Nigerian Afrobeats artists at the headquarters of the prestigious Nigerian label Mavin Records in an ...

Economists in Sub-Saharan Africa are anticipating slow growth as geopolitical uncertainty and trade and investment tensions persist. The Chief Economists’ Outlook published by the World Economic Forum ...

“Slow Horses” Season 6 could feel very different from its predecessors. That’s because, for the first time in the show’s history, it will be without its head writer. That man is Will Smith, who ...

The festival will feature a diverse lineup of artists from across the continent, including Femi Kuti, Wande Coal, Diamond Platnumz, Mavo, and Yemi Alade. The 9th edition of the All Africa Music Awards ...

South Africa’s new lower inflation target is giving the rand fresh momentum, with policymakers and analysts agreeing it could curb a long-term track record of weakness. Africa’s largest economy last ...