The Johannesburg-headquartered unit, Downtown Music Publishing Africa, has launched following the rebrand of Sheer Publishing ...

Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago are taking part in a tournament at Brentford's Gtech Stadium - but what's it ...

Activists say Vincent Bolloré built his fortune through abusive business practices in West Africa. They’re urging UMG artists ...

Maize, sorghum, beans, lentils and other types of grains that prevalent on Southern African plates, while ochre and eggplants ...

Songlines Encounters is your round-the-world ticket to great world music and performances, a chance to travel widely in music ...

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

Grammy-nominated artist Davido has revealed that the term “Afrobeats” was popularised by British media as a convenient label for the emerging wave of West African music, distinct from the ...

Mali and West Africa dominate the Transglobal World Music Chart for May 2025, with the "desert blues" rockers Songhoy Blues ...

Friendly in name but never in nature, Ghana and Nigeria are set to reignite one of African football’s fiercest rivalries ...

While studying music in London in the early 1960s, Fela acquired the technical musical skills to combine Western styles with rhythms from his West African heritage, and upon his return to Nigeria ...

Here we highlight seven works of art discussed in papers in the special issue – from stories of childhood sexual experiences to bold fashion shows, musical films to maverick lesbian novels. They show ...