Sudan’s musical traditions have largely been informed by Arabic and Muslim traditions. As a country that has always subscribed to stricter interpretations of Islamic law, music in Sudan has generally ...

Workers: You’re a worker, who is interested in the creative and cultural industries of South Africa. Why this programme is right for you: Paid Work Placement – Receiving pay for hands on experience in ...

Le chanteur congolais est décédé ce 27 décembre l'hôpital Laquintinie à Douala au Cameroun où il devait livrer un concert privé. Defao a été victime de complications suites au Covid-19.

As we crossover the midway mark this year, South Africans are slowly wakening to amapiano’s staying power and dominance on local music charts and dancefloors across the country – a hard pill to ...

Africa’s youngest nation, South Sudan, has faced instability since it broke away from Sudan in 2011. Music has remained the vehicle through which young people continue to voice their concern and ...

Participating groups must be between the ages of 18 to 35 years. Synopses to be emailed or submitted on the day. Application forms must be completed in full (application forms can be emailed on ...

The Goethe-Institut and the Grohs family have unveiled a prize for African artists in memory of Henrike Grohs, the former head of Goethe-Institut in Abidjan who died last year on 13 March in a ...

Sudan’s media and music industry is expected to show improvement after the US lifted economic sanctions on 12 October, although human rights infringements are still rife in the country.

The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF), a non-profit organisation operating in the field of African music, is inviting South Africa-based researchers (individuals or companies) active in the music ...

Now in its sixth year, the Ghana Music Honours was instituted to “cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of recorded music to the Ghanaian society; from the ...

It is now 20 years since masked Nigerian artist Lagbaja established his Motherlan' club in Lagos, Nigeria. His brand of jazz-infused Afrobeat involving the heavy use of Yoruba drums such as bata and ...

Simi, who is also a sound engineer and actress, is behind well-known songs like ‘TIFF’ (2014), ‘Jamb Question’ (2015) and ‘Duduke’ (2020) as well as the Restless II (2020) EP. She partnered with Falz ...