Independence Jorji Akuoma popularly known as Ms. Jorji, an accomplished engineer turned Afro-Trap pioneer, reflects on her journey of breaking barriers in tech and music. From navigating cultural ...

Cimafunk brings funk and jazz to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, and gives a history lesson behind African Cimarrons.

voices his commitment to human rights and gives a place of honour to traditional African instruments. “It’s been nothing but a blast!” says the 65-year-old of his decades in music.

However complicated "Latin Jazz" may seem—ethnically, rhythmically, politically, culturally—guess again. It is more so. Even the term "Latin" irritates some players, notably Arturo Sandoval, who has ...

Africa Music Library (AML), a non-governmental music collective dedicated to the archiving, preservation and study of African music, and connecting older and newer generation of African musicians ...

(Getty Images) The banja or banjo was originally an African instrument that was made and played by enslaved blacks on Southern plantations. It later became a popular American instrument ...

Get the best of CNBC Africa sent straight to your inbox with breaking business news, insights and updates from experts across the continent. Get this delivered to your inbox, and more info about ...

Gifting an album by an African or African-American musician, or even an instrument like a drum, maracas, or kalimba, promotes unity and joy. Music has always played a central role in African ...

December is a time of diverse celebrations throughout the African diaspora ... and accompanied by instruments such as the cuatro—a four-stringed acoustic guitar—maracas, mandolins and a ...

one in a long line of West African “djelis,” men who function as living history books to preserve stories, culture, and traditions. Some, like Kouyaté, play a xylophone-like instrument called ...

Celebrants hold maracas, an instrument widely used by Indigenous peoples ... “no doubt saw some cultural transmission between the pre-Columbian population and African slaves,” history professor David ...

Armed with Chinese-translated leaflets and a traditional Ghanaian maraca-like instrument to draw crowds ... Her efforts are part of a broader push by African exporters at this year’s expo, where ...