George Folunsho Johnson (1916-1975) was born in Nigeria and earned the nickname Ginger due to his reddish hair and freckles. At 18, Ginger Johnson joined the Nigerian Navy, which took him around the ...
Artists from the continent are breaking into the Western mainstream. We’ve got a playlist for your weekend cookout. By Desiree Ibekwe This week, The Times published a profile of Tems, a 28-year-old ...
It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...
After DJing in Miami for nearly a decade, including a stint as the resident DJ at Red Rooster’s weekly Afro-Caribbean series, the Shrine, Cameroon-born Leslie “Aya” Ayafor noticed a void in the city’s ...
As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora & hip-hop's class acts. South African superstar Tyla has won her first MTV Video Music Award and ...
For the first time, African music will have its own category at the Grammys. The Recording Academy will showcase three new categories for this year’s awards, including “Best African Music Performance” ...
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 ...