The famous blind couple, Amadou & Mariam, helped take Mali’s rich musical traditions to a new global audience.

Led by international superstars such as Nigerian afrobeats giants Burna Boy and Ayra Starr, and South Africa's Grammy ...

South African music revenues surged to R1.51 billion in 2024 and much of this growth has been attributed to streaming service ...

South Africa's highest court has rejected a renewed bid to outlaw a controversial song from the country's apartheid era that ...

Spotify has been publishing some more country-specific figures from its ‘Loud & Clear’ payouts data. This time it’s South ...

The songs were accessible and appealing but still ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over 110 ...

African music service Mdundo has 38.8 million monthly active users, but soon it could have a new owner according to a strategic review.

Nigerian and South African music achieved unprecedented growth last year on Spotify, earning record-breaking royalties, the audio streaming platform said on Friday. Led by international ...

Today, country music is a genre that is popular worldwide. Although the genre itself in its current form isn’t reflective of ...

The "Shoot the Boer" song is used now as a criticism that South Africa has not delivered a better life for millions of impoverished Black people, the Economic Freedom Fighters' fiery and often ...