Malian guitarist, singer and composer of the famed duo Amadou & Mariam - known as "the blind couple of Mali" - passed away on 4 April in Bamako. He was 70.The married singers, who met when she was 18 ...

The famous blind couple, Amadou & Mariam, helped take Mali’s rich musical traditions to a new global audience.

CAJ News Africa will host the official presentation of Guinean musician Elie Kamano's new single "Africa without Africans" on ...

As African music continues its expansion into global markets, industry stakeholders, including the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), BridgeAfric, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

Since its inception in 2018, the Africa Business Forum has promoted dialogue between governments, investors, service providers, project promotors and other stakeholders on challenges, opportunities, ...

When the French president Emmanuel Macron called for the restitution of African artefacts by the West in 2017, his statement was viewed in the international media as groundbreaking. Those reports ...

His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dubbed the “Ivorian miracle”. They came to work, drawn by the country ...

Addis Ababa, March 18, 2025 (ENA)—The second edition of the East Africa Art and Culture Festival that anticipates ... traditional cuisines, fashion shows, music, film, and theater as well as book ...

What makes this win so special is that she is the first artist to win in that category as well as the first South African artist to win an iHeartRadio Music Award. The “Push 2 Start” hitmaker ...

In the face of oppression, music has often served as a beacon of hope and resistance. In South Africa, during the dark days of apartheid, struggle songs became more than mere melodies; they ...

Nigerian music superstar, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has made history as the first African artiste to feature on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Rolling Stone is an American ...