South Africans tuned into a TikTok where two gents turned a political standoff between SA and the US into a catchy and ...

Kenya’s music scene has seen great changes since the colonial days, with many local singers finding fame through protest songs. One iconic example is the late Joseph Kamaru, a Kikuyu musician who is ...

South Africa's charts are sprinkled with the same hits by international pop stars that dominate the American mainstream, but the country also has a thriving scene of its own. Among names like Mumford ...

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 ...

After 27 years with iconic group Mafikizolo, Nhlanhla Mafu steps into the spotlight with her chart-topping solo release ...

In much of the world, house music has already had its day — but in South Africa, it is pop music. Here's why this musical genre has remained king. If you travel to South Africa, you will hear house ...

Tyla recently scored her first Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Water." Born and raised in South Africa, she's toured with Chris Brown and wants to work with Drake. Here are 11 things you need to know ...

Last year we saw a hint of what was to come. This year, however, we’ve had the genre’s promise come to fruition, blossoming to legitimately rival Afrobeats as the most popular sound in Africa.

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 ...

Through the University of Fort Hare, Akhona Ndzuta receives funding from the NRF. Apart from the song’s omnipresence on the sound systems of a cross-section of socio-economic neighbourhoods across ...

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 message of ...