‘If I died of a man’s love/ I’m nothing but a man’s slave.” These words, delivered by singer Julie Okine on her 1950s recording Nothing but a Man’s Slave, could be considered the first ...

Early on in his new book ... in Mali playing music videos, you’ll notice many of the artists have the last name Kouyaté. Balla’s father performed across West Africa and taught each ...

The music of West Africa, where a majority of those enslaved ... label dedicated to American folk traditions of all kinds. Our guide is Folkways curator emeritus Dan Sheehy, who knows a thing ...

According to Eric Charry, a historian of West African music, the instrument originated in the late 18th century, during the era of the Gabu empire, which encompassed present-day Guinea Bissau ...

But Taylor’s newfound global fame is the culmination of his own influence on West African music since the early 1960s. Born in 1936, Taylor grew up listening to the highlife music that has ...

Over the last several years, American listeners have grown more and more attuned to the sounds of West African pop music, also known as Afrobeats—whether it’s the swaggering Nigerian Afro ...

West African music is being celebrated in the North Shore with a show celebrating the works of a Vancouver-based musician and professor. Kofi Gbolonyo, a professor of African studies and ...