A new compilation of contemporary African music, mostly hip-hop, focuses largely on immigration. The songs on Yes We Can: Songs About Leaving Africa describe the allure of life abroad in Europe or ...

How do you get people to take personal hygiene seriously in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic? Music and dance. With the whole world almost at a standstill over the rapid spread of coronavirus to ...

The hugely popular music video is a testimony to its widespread acclaim. It is another notch in Tanzanian pop star Diamond Platnumz’s belt as an alchemist of international crossover hits. In ...

Everybody likes “Africa” by Toto. It’s one of those ubiquitous songs that you catch on the radio every now and then - almost as if the DJ turns to you as if to say “hurry boy, it’s waiting there for ...

Back when MTV Base Africa was launched in 2005, there wasn’t a clear indication of where African music was headed. The platform was introduced to help grow the African music scene and help it find its ...

We're rolling out the 50 tracks that are the most foundational, influential and popular within Afrobeats. Over the last decade, Afrobeats has made significant inroads in the global music industry, ...

Fast-rising Nigerian gospel singer Sunmisola Agbebi has revealed that her music is not a product of her own creativity but a divine gift and expression of her relationship with God. According to her, ...

PM Modi described the performance as deeply moving, highlighting how the song embodies the resilience and memory of the early ...