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20 Feb 2025
TikTok head of music business development, Ole Obermann, is reportedly leaving the company to join...
20 Feb 2025
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20 Feb 2025
South African singer and songwriter, Tyla , has made history by surpassing one billion streams on...
20 Feb 2025
The organisers of World Summit on Arts and Culture have announced details of the programme, which...
20 Feb 2025
After more than a decade in the making, renowned South African multi-instrumentalist Guy Buttery...
19 Feb 2025
Music lovers are in for a rare and unforgettable treat as South African sensation Samthing Soweto...
19 Feb 2025
Grammy-winning American house music producer and DJ Louie Vega is set to headline the upcoming...
19 Feb 2025
Senegalese music legend Youssou N’Dour has postponed the release of his highly anticipated album...
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20 Feb 2025
The Afrobeat landscape is about to welcome a bold new voice. Nigerian artist Fcute is gearing up to...
18 Feb 2025
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10 Feb 2025
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30 Jan 2025
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By Marcus Desando The evolving political landscape and recent budget cuts to international...
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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,...
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10 Jun 2023
Sudan’s musical traditions have largely been informed by Arabic and Muslim traditions. As a country...
06 Jan 2023
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24 Oct 2024
For that boundary-pushing career opus, we might need to hold out until Stonebwoy ’s seventh album...
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Zimbabwean singer Selmor Mtukudzi ’s latest release, ‘Kugara naMainini’ (living with my step mother...
16 Aug 2024
All albums are a gamble, but by the time an artist reaches his third, he is in a particularly...
15 Aug 2024
Zimbabwean hip hop artist Holy Ten ’s latest single ‘Gamu, Pt. 2’ is a gut-wrenching, soul-stirring...
16 Jul 2024
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12 Jul 2024
Zimbabwean-born and London-based Ananya’s acoustic version of ‘ Bad for You ’ sets the tone for her...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Music In Africa Foundation’s Instrument Building and Repair...
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