Two iconic quotes from two legendary artists. The first represents the revolutionary power of African music that has been used to overcome colonial oppression. The second declares the artist’s pride ...

Black. It is the color that absorbs all colors, the shade that holds the sun's warmth as it moves east to west. It is the color of a people, not just African but Caribbean, Middle Eastern, American, ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be ...

At 2 p.m. Feb. 3, I met John Fleming, his sister, and Ruby Miller, at the American Museum of Science and Energy. It was my privilege to provide a tour to acquaint our speaker for the evening with ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

Gwen Ansell does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Skinflint. Vulvodyinia. Metal Orizon. Wrust. Demorogoth Satanum. You probably haven't heard of these names, but they're just some of the many African heavy metal bands featured in Edward Banchs' new ...

Sayan Dey receives funding from NRF SarChi Chair of Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Witwatersrand. He is also a Faculty Fellow at Harriet Tubman Research Institute, York University, ...

As more people are starting to learn about the history of African Americans, there is one component that’s particularly integral to understanding the national culture: music. African American artists ...