Their Stories Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango was an international symbol of African music ‘Pappy Grove,’ as he was known, died from complications from COVID-19 in Paris on March 24 ...

Over 200 African artists appeared on Apple Music-owned Shazam’s Global Top 200 chart during the past year as African music ...

In this article, I discuss examples of cultural and musical appropriation in and through South African maskanda music, often marketed as “Zulu blues.” These maskanda appropriations (by musicians, ...

Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by Afrobeats, the catchy rhythms popularized most by Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido. Though some women succeeded, including “queen of ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would ...

South Africa is celebrating 30 years since apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela became the nation’s first Black president. In the U.S., a South African musical group is spreading Mandela’s ...

The singer won the first-ever Grammy for African music performance for her sultry, gorgeously sung single “Water." Her debut, self-titled album released in March, could be a strong candidate to ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 17, 2025, Section B, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Foday Musa Suso, Ambassador for West African Music, Is Dead at 75.