Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rema performs at the ‘Rolling Stone’ Future of Music showcase during SXSW on March 14, 2025, in Austin. - Credit: Amy E.

Afropop Worldwide is America's first and longest-lived weekly program on the music of Africa and the African Diaspora. Host Georges Collinet, born in Cameroon, is one of the best-known and best-loved ...

Fight scenes from shows including ‘Naruto’ and ‘Demon Slayer’ have been injected with the vocal urgency of Nigerian music, ...

The dances are often very simple at the base level, with freestyle options that have the potential to catapult a song (and a dancer) to new heights. With endless ways to showcase individuality, there ...

While Wizkid wasn't the first to make music with this mash up approach, nor the first to gain international recognition for it, he saw the long game and his album title proved to be prophetic. Rather ...

Before becoming the self-declared King of Afropop in 2022, Tekno was already a household name across Africa. He has been since his 2016 hit "Pana" blew all the way up. Alongside Drake, Kanye, and ...

This audio is not currently available. Since January 2012, the vast West African nation of Mali has been in crisis. Formerly considered a stable democracy, Mali has become embroiled in a complex ...

Since her groundbreaking performance in 2009's Precious, Gabourey Sidibe has been at the Oscars, appeared on the cover of ELLE, and even been featured as a cartoon–for Seth MacFarlane's American Dad!

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The top ten genres of contemporary African music, and where to hear them on your next visit. African contemporary music, commonly called Afropop, is as diverse as the African continent itself. It ...

The anthology series, AFROPOP: THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL EXCHANGE, returns with a new slate of documentary and short films on contemporary life, art and culture in the African Diaspora. Award-winning ...