South Africa is celebrating 30 years since apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela became the nation’s first Black president. In the U.S., a South African musical group is spreading Mandela’s message of ...

Apple Music today announced a special Africa Day radio takeover hosted by five-time Grammy Award-winning global icon Angélique Kidjo, recorded at  the Apple Music Studios in Los Angeles on Monday, 25 ...

What if music could heal the wounds of the soul? This is the starting point of Healing Journey, Patricia Essong’s latest album released in January, which the singer sees as an exercise in liberation ...

Musician Doe Paoro is approaching music as a healer. With her new album Living Through Collapse, she aims to create a healing experience—both personal and collective. Lyrically, the album explores big ...

When people say African music is having a “global moment,” they are often talking about only a small part of the continent.