Wesley Louissant--a.k.k. Wesli--is a Montreal-based singer/composer/guitarist/bandleader from Haiti. His stylistic range is deep and wide, and he's a dynamo on stage, as we've learned seeing his ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

When Maureen Lupo Lilanda visited the countryside as a child, her family would return with armfuls of flavorful fruits and vegetables. “Everything was plentiful,” she says. “Now with lack of rainfall, ...

I remember in 2013 it was a moment of joy having witnessed my country lift the trophy for the first time since I was born. The closest to that for me was in 1994 when Nigeria lifted that year’s ...

Nigerian pop stars are often accused of singing about love and money and ignoring social issues. Falz isn’t one of them.

As Ghana prepares for another vibrant December in GH and the globally recognised Detty December season, Accra is gearing up for one of the continent’s most anticipated live music events — The African ...

The movement emerged in the 1970s, in a Zambia recently broken free from its British colonisers. The nation was basking in an economic boom and President Kenneth Kaunda had enforced a "Zambia first" ...

South Africans dragged into Russia's war in Ukraine dig trenches, dodge bullets South African father-of-three Dubandlela was overcome with pride when his 20-year-old son signed up in July to receive ...