The nominations reflect Afrobeats’ rise and African music’s global impact. Sub-Saharan Africa’s music industry is the fastest-growing worldwide, with revenue up over 20% in 2023 alone. The industry ...

But the South African Music Awards’ (Sama) category, the Rest of Africa Award, which recognises and celebrates artists from outside the country, in a small way remedies these tensions.

At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards 2025, Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, known as Tems, secured her second Grammy, winning Best African Music Performance for her song Love Me JeJe. In a heartfelt ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

The unnamed girl had a note with her, on it written a phone number and her mother’s name, “Mama Paty.” Her mother, who was already in the states, told NewsNation she left her child in the hands of ...

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An unrepentant Janusz Waluś, the Polish immigrant who murdered South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Chris Hani. Picture: Screengrab. An unrepentant Janusz Waluś, the Polish ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -Music publication Rolling Stone on Monday ... one by Junior Murvin and one by Peter Tosh, were ranked among the list. The number one spot is occupied by Sam Cooke’s 1964 ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of ...

Peter Obi has criticised governance, stating more “Yahoo people” exist in government than outside, calling for leadership accountability. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the ...

Popular Nigerian socialite and businessman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has denied allegations from a Kenyan woman, who claims he fathered her child. Chief Priest ...