News
23 May 2024
South African artist Zakes Bantwini will celebrate 20 years in the music industry with an...
23 May 2024
Africa-facing music streaming platform Boomplay will hold an industry seminar on Friday on its live...
23 May 2024
US rapper Lil Wayne will join Afrobeats stars Asake and Rema as headliners at the Afro Nation...
23 May 2024
The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has published its...
23 May 2024
South African vocal group The Joy has released a new single titled ‘Bayang’khethela’ ahead of their...
22 May 2024
Spaceship Films, co-founded by Nigerian musician Burna Boy and his mother Bose Ogulu, is among the...
22 May 2024
South African singer Boohle has unveiled two singles titled ‘Mhlobo Wami’ and ‘Nakindaba Zakho’...
22 May 2024
Nigerian singer Tekno has joined forces with fellow artist Mr Eazi ’s label services company emPawa...
Features
23 May 2024
As GoodLuck ’s Juliet Harding, better known as Jules, prepares to welcome a baby into her life with...
22 May 2024
The Ugandan live music scene has always taken pride of place in East Africa for elevating the local...
20 May 2024
By Kaz Henderson More than two weeks on from hosting the second Journey to Jazz (J2J) festival, the...
16 May 2024
MC Yallah is a force of nature. It’s late at night when the boiling mid-February Nairobi heat has...
15 May 2024
As a coming-of-age event, the 21st Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) hit all the right...
10 May 2024
Over the past decade, Concerts SA has been a driving force in shaping the live music scene in...
Overviews
20 Mar 2024
In 2021, the Music in Africa Foundation conducted the Revenue Streams for African Musicians...
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18 Mar 2024
Music and politics in Sudan have been intertwined for many decades. During the colonial era,...
18 Mar 2024
Sudan enjoyed a reputation as a leading centre of musical creativity from the 1940s to 1970s,...
06 Jul 2023
Sudan has an active, resilient media landscape that has been largely shaped by the country’s...
10 Jun 2023
Sudan’s musical traditions have largely been informed by Arabic and Muslim traditions. As a country...
06 Jan 2023
By Drum Circle Sudan Like many other African countries, Sudan boasts a wide range of traditional...
Reviews
22 May 2024
Gambian kora magician Dawda Jobarteh is back, in the same fashion he did in 2016, when he partnered...
19 Apr 2024
Filah Lah Lah ’s debut full-length album On Air is a mesmerising journey through the realms of R...
12 Apr 2024
With her latest single ‘Kulungile’, Thandiswa Mazwai , an icon of the South African music scene,...
08 Apr 2024
Zoë Modiga ’s Nomthandazo is a soulful and introspective project that delves into themes of love,...
05 Apr 2024
Stockholm Syndrome may seem like a distant term used to pepper dinnertime conversations around the...
04 Apr 2024
When Stonebwoy and DJ Maphorisa ’s collaborative offering ‘Apotheke’ came out, there was no doubt...
Gig guide
Instrument Lessons
09 Jun 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Music In Africa Foundation’s Instrument Building and Repair...
09 Jun 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Music In Africa Foundation’s Instrument Building and Repair...
08 Jun 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Music In Africa Foundation’s Instrument Building and Repair...
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