Africa

Femi Kuti to Release 'Day by Day,' Headlining GlobalFest in Fall 2010

Femi Kuti has announced plans for the release of his next album, 'Day by Day' on the powerful ...(read more)

Nas and Damian Marley paid an unannounced visit to the crowd at last night's K'naan concert at ...(read more)

American rapper/producer/designer/all around great bro Pharrell Williams has recently confirmed that ...(read more)

Smirnoff announced yesterday that as part of their "Smirnoff Experience™ Mashup Street" ...(read more)

In the wake of outrage from protesting Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka that ultimately resulted in ...(read more)

Kenna, perhaps most famous for his Haiti relief track "Resurrection" (with Lupe Fiasco and Mike ...(read more)

Miami's longest running world music festival will celebrate its 12th year with performances by ...(read more)

Bollywood composer Aadesh Srivastava broke through with his work on the film 'Aao Pyaar Kare,' and ...(read more)

Nigeria's Vanguard claims that producer Terry G has fled the country after swiping guarantees for a ...(read more)

It's a long way from any corner of Africa to Austin, but a few brave (and somehow funded) souls are ...(read more)

Somalian/Canadian rapper K'Naan has released the official video for his 'Wavin' Flag' track, the ...(read more)

In the past few years, a long line of celebrity contributors have marched out collaborations with ...(read more)

There's no better place to celebrate world music at a crossroads than at the annual Heineken ...(read more)

For the first time in four years, Senegalese vocalist and guitar virtuoso Baaba Maal will return to ...(read more)

The South African Music Awards have announced its list of nominees this week. In their 16th year ...(read more)

Senegalese-American R&B singer Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam, better known as Akon, will be arriving ...(read more)

Afropop Worldwide, on the vanguard of covering African music in America since it began as a radio ...(read more)

With the upcoming release of 'Rise & Shine' slated for March 23 on Cumbancha Records, Sierra ...(read more)

A second artist has fired volleys at the process behind the Ghana Music Awards, which announced the ...(read more)

One India reported that Akon Senegalese-American R&B singer Akon will reportedly contribute to ...(read more)