Afrobeats superstar Burna Boy has set a new continental record after emerging as the most streamed African artist on Spotify ...

A Toledo musician has opened a museum to preserve the history of sacred steel, an African American gospel tradition built ...

The chocolate industry is currently worth about $150 billion. It's easy to see why. Yum. But chocolate also has a complex and ...

Music pulses through Dominican culture, with merengue declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2016.

South African controversial rapper Shebeshxt recently made history as the first artist in Mzansi to win the Song of the Year ...

The Ohio History Connection and TAWI Family Village are teaming up to present Kwanzaa 614, a two-day event featuring African ...

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the "Black President" for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to get this Grammy honor.

Nigerian singer Burna Boy's 'I Told Them' tour has made history as the highest-grossing tour by an African artist ever.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat, built an international legacy long before The Recording Academy acknowledged it ...

In the cramped, unforgiving space of an Ikoyi prison cell, a legend was forged – not just the story of Fela Kuti, but the story of ...

Cartagena's colonial-era Walled City is a labyrinth of cobblestone streets hiding mansions, churches, and plazas that each ...

Today in Music History for Jan. 11: In 1848, Edward Fisher, founder of the Toronto Conservatory of Music, was born in Jamaica, Vt. He directed the conservatory from its opening in 1887 until his death ...