Africa’s festival scene is giving people a new way to travel the continent, one built around what is happening in music right ...

For the next year, NPR will take a musical journey across America, which is one of the most religiously diverse countries on earth. We want to discover and celebrate the many ways in which people make ...

Rising reggae star Meta Dia will headline this year's Stereo Africa Festival in Dakar celebrating contemporary African music ...

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The songs featured in this five-part series on African music are oddities, especially compared to today’s hits. In an age dominated by dull one-hit wonders that are quickly forgotten, artists of the ...

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North African music blends centuries of Berber, Arab, Andalusian, and colonial influences into a vibrant cultural force. From Chaabi and Raï to Gnawa, its rhythms carry stories of migration, ...

There are no shortage of music docs out there, and more than a few also intermingle song with notions of political protest (“Sing Your Song,” “Amandla: A Revolution in Four Part Harmony,” “The Refugee ...

Part of understanding African sacred music means thinking about its colonial context. It's the music of oppressed people combined with the music... Songs Of Africa: Beautiful Music With A Violent ...

A new compilation of contemporary African music, mostly hip-hop, focuses largely on immigration. The songs on Yes We Can: Songs About Leaving Africa describe the allure of life abroad in Europe or ...

For the next year, NPR will take a musical journey across America, which is one of the most religiously diverse countries on earth. We want to discover and celebrate the many ways in which people make ...