Simphiwe Dana is probably the most talented female singer of her generation from South Africa. (Thandiswa

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dydtXJ94CE&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Detroit DJ and producer, Theo Parrish, is one of the artists slated to appear at the

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/14091396 w=500&h=281] The debut music video from Nigerian-born, “alternative-soul” artist, Bez. The video was shot in

This 60 minute radio program on the music and ideas of Oumou Sangare–known as “The Songbird

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/13045384 w=600&h=368] This short clip of Brooklyn’s Mos Def, offering greetings while performing at the most

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TU7lhqnN0&w=500&h=307&rel=0] From an article in last week’s “Detroit Metro Times”: ‘… In the ’60s, Motown was

That’s the only way to explain the “career” of  the really bad rapper, Bangs (Sudan-born, Australian-based),

Guest Blogger, Tom DeVriendt Pitcho Womba Konga hails from Congo but moved to Belgium at the

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8VOKhRr0eg&w=500&h=300&rel=0] The latest video by the original hip hop artist Gil Scott Heron–who is back. This

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0F2_sAlaNo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Mos Def is back. Which means I am happy. This for Ski Beats’ new album

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHMTgvfs_E&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Hip hop now has its own museums, honors shows on basic cable, and rap beats

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rNE-5WUtSE&w=500&h=307&rel=0] A good way to tide you over till Sunday’s World Cup final is to listen

Two of South Africa’s most talented musicians of the last 30 years, Robbie Jansen (1949-2010), sax

Despite its high cheesiness quotient and half of the teams featured in the video already out

[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/13010025 w=500&h=307] Ghana’s Black Stars was on a run to make history–to become the first African

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m32pplDyPlo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] My friend, Wendy Willems, former Londoner now teaching media studies at Wits University, pointed me

Tomorrow Ghana will try to the impossible: become the first African nation to go to the

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5hvSTsYTGk&w=500&h=307&rel=0] We’ve been following The Fader’s Pitch Perfect documentary series since the start of the World