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From showcasing on international platforms like SXSW in Austin, Texas, to performing at home ground festivals such as Basha Uhuru, year on year the...
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From showcasing on international platforms like SXSW in Austin, Texas, to performing at home ground festivals such as Basha Uhuru, year on year the...
Multi-award-winning South African musician, AKA, has tested positive for the novel COVID-19 virus. In an attempt to create awareness around the virus and to...
Grammy-nominated Gqom King has us covered! Make sure to usher in the weekend with DJ Lag tonight on the only house party that matters...
Every week, we highlight the very best of Nigerian music for your listening pleasure. Check out our selection of the best new Nigerian songs you...
Netflix has a number of African documentaries you need to watch. The video streaming service touched base in Africa not too long ago. African...
The Dashiki is a bright-colored unisex garment worn predominantly in West Africa. It is a piece of clothing that covers the upper part of the body....
Rapper and Black Avenue Muzik label boss Desmond Blackmore popularly known as D-Black has inked a music publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music publishing. An...
Jamaican Reggae legend, Buju Banton has featured Ghana’s Reggae Dancehall superstar Stonebwoy on his upcoming “Survivor Riddim” Project. This follows their earlier encounter at...
Nigerian recording producer and disc jockey Ayoola Oladapo Agboola popularly known as Kiddominant has teamed up with South Africa’s Cassper Nyovest on new song...
Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Davido’s 2017 released record “Fall” goes gold in the USA – the first afrobeat record to do so. Just a couple...
Universal Music Group announces the launch of new sub-division- Def Jam Africa, with a line up of South African and Nigerian artistes. Def Jam Africa...
Popular South African TV personality and rapper Boity is the latest African musician to sign with Def Jam Recordings. Early this year, Nasty C...
It’s been 3 days since the release of ‘Blood & Water’, Netflix’s second African original series and the series is already making waves. The Nosipho...
Actor, musician and Disc Jockey Idris Elba will be hosting the Africa Day Benefit Concert, an initiative by MTV Base Africa and Youtube, which...
Veteran Guinean singer Mory Kante, who helped propel African music to a global audience in the 1980s, died on Friday 22, May in Conakry....
South African music icon Black Coffee has acquired stake in Gallo Music via his investment holding company FlightMode Digital from Lebashe Investment Group for...
Blood & Water, Netflix’s second African original series is a teen melodrama set in modern-day Cape Town, South Africa. The Nosipho Dumisa story is...
Self-proclaimed African Dancehall King Shatta Wale has become the first African Artist to lead a Jamaican Dancehall compilation project dubbed “Tropical House Cruises To...
Afro Nation officially postpones this year’s Portugal festival to 2021 and announces line-up. With its Puerto Rico festival, which was originally scheduled for March 18th-21st,...
Music streaming giant Apple Music has launched an “Africa Month” playlist initiative to celebrate African music. A variety of African artists such as Davido,...
Great news for Ghana as ace Movie Producer and Director, Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s ‘Potato Potahto’ is selected for “Made In Africa”, a Netflix curated Movie Collection. 25th...
Music Distribution company Ditto Music via its CEO Lee Parsons just announced a free 3-month trial for new African musicians wanting to get professional...
Happening concurrently with Apple Music’s expansion on the African Continent and other parts of the world, the music streaming service has launched a flagship...
Music streaming platform Apple Music on Tuesday announced its biggest expansion in a decade. Expanding its music streaming services to 52 new countries, including...
Check out our selection of The Best African Music Albums of 2020 thus far. We are about rounding up 2020’s first quarter and as...
African Music stars keep calling off gigs, concerts, and tours as restrictions are being imposed on travel and large public events all across the...
Musicians, being very influential creators, should have an equally creative and radical web presence. It is however unfortunate that the number of musicians in...
John Boyega and Netflix come together to help tell more African stories through film. After successfully starring in Star Wars, one of the highest-grossing...
US streaming platform, Netflix is set to kick off production for its very first original series to be headlined by Nollywood Director, Akin Omotoso....
Afro Nation presents visuals to first single off “The Afro Nation Vol.1 Compilation EP“. The brand new tune dubbed “Adiza” features Bisa Kdei and...
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