Meet Msaki: The South African singer who should be the next breakout female artist to hit the charts

With a vocal dynamism that straddles house, jazz, R&B and folk, she deserves a high profile for 'Entropy,' her new EP with ...
KALW

Africa Mix Celebrates Women in Music

Africa Mix celebrates Women's History Month, with plans to feature African women in music on the show through the whole of ...

Tiwa Savage Launches Foundation To Discover Next Wave of African Artists

Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage has partnered with Berklee College of Music for a new foundation developing the next wave of African artists.
St. Louis American

African classical musicians perform with Tom George at the Touhill

Since black music didn’t start here in the United States during slavery, it makes sense for the study of the art form to reach across the Atlantic to its roots in Africa. This is what Ghana-born ...
Iowa Public Radio

He's the first African musician to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

On December 19, the first African musician ever awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award was announced. The honor goes to Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer and activist who died in 1997. He joins an ...

Tiwa Savage launches music foundation to bring musical resources, education to Africa

Tiwa Savage is ready to unlock talent back home in Africa. She's launched the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation to help empower "the next generation of African creatives — through music, education, and ...