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17 May 2024
The organisers of the annual Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival in South Africa have announced the...
17 May 2024
Registrations for the 2024 edition of the Music In Africa Conference for Collaborations, Exchange...
17 May 2024
We are excited to announce our partnership with RwandAir for ACCES 2024 , which takes place in...
17 May 2024
Nigerian singer and songwriter Yemi Alade has released a new song titled ‘Tomorrow’. The record,...
17 May 2024
African musicians including Nigeria’s Burna Boy , Tems , Ayra Starr , Asake and Seyi Vibez as well...
16 May 2024
Ghanaian singer Amaarae has been confirmed as a special guests on US rapper Childish Gambino’s...
16 May 2024
Submissions are ongoing for TikTok LIVE’s Gimme The Mic competition for aspiring musicians...
16 May 2024
Google’s research lab DeepMind and YouTube have introduced Music AI Sandbox, a new toolkit that...
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16 May 2024
MC Yallah is a force of nature. It’s late at night when the boiling mid-February Nairobi heat has...
15 May 2024
As a coming-of-age event, the 21st Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) hit all the right...
10 May 2024
Over the past decade, Concerts SA has been a driving force in shaping the live music scene in...
10 May 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) music generators are software programmes that use algorithms that...
07 May 2024
It is entirely possible that despite Ghana’s cornerstone status within Afrobeats, the West African...
29 Apr 2024
“It’s been a great pleasure to share tonight with you,” Ghanaian singer-activist Rocky Dawuni ,...
Overviews
20 Mar 2024
In 2021, the Music in Africa Foundation conducted the Revenue Streams for African Musicians...
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18 Mar 2024
Music and politics in Sudan have been intertwined for many decades. During the colonial era,...
18 Mar 2024
Sudan enjoyed a reputation as a leading centre of musical creativity from the 1940s to 1970s,...
06 Jul 2023
Sudan has an active, resilient media landscape that has been largely shaped by the country’s...
10 Jun 2023
Sudan’s musical traditions have largely been informed by Arabic and Muslim traditions. As a country...
06 Jan 2023
By Drum Circle Sudan Like many other African countries, Sudan boasts a wide range of traditional...
Reviews
19 Apr 2024
Filah Lah Lah ’s debut full-length album On Air is a mesmerising journey through the realms of R...
12 Apr 2024
With her latest single ‘Kulungile’, Thandiswa Mazwai , an icon of the South African music scene,...
08 Apr 2024
Zoë Modiga ’s Nomthandazo is a soulful and introspective project that delves into themes of love,...
05 Apr 2024
Stockholm Syndrome may seem like a distant term used to pepper dinnertime conversations around the...
04 Apr 2024
When Stonebwoy and DJ Maphorisa ’s collaborative offering ‘Apotheke’ came out, there was no doubt...
26 Mar 2024
Tyla’ s work, redolent of contemporary godmothers and sex-positive feminists like Tiwa Savage , is...
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09 Jun 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Music In Africa Foundation’s Instrument Building and Repair...
08 Jun 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Music In Africa Foundation’s Instrument Building and Repair...
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