Anthropologist Carole Yawney has documented how on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994 the African National Congress (ANC) distributed an ...

Billboard predicts the Grammy winners in the global music field, including best reggae album and best African music performance. By Kyle Denis In 2023, the Recording Academy announced the launch of a ...

A non-Rastafarian reggae musician who grew up a practicing Muslim, Tiken Jah Fakoly is a native of Africa’s Ivory Coast who draws most of his material and inspiration from his home continent. His ...

The 20 Best Reggae Festivals in the World - DancehallMag. The best reggae festivals on the planet span six continents, unite hundreds of thousands of fans, and carry a genre that UNESCO recognised as ...

A judge sentenced three men convicted of murdering an internationally known South African reggae star in a botched carjacking to life in prison Thursday. By Associated Press A judge sentenced three ...

(Adds details of police investigation) By Marius Bosch JOHANNESBURG, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot reggae star Lucky Dube in front of his children in one of South Africa's highest-profile murders, ...

Does Bob Marley still inspire African artists? It seems a strange question to ask if you’ve been listening to the hits that are played over and over again on the TV station Trace Africa. Reggae music ...

Reggae artiste Osagyefo is set to headline the Kwame Nkrumah Reggae Festival tonight at Gold Coast Restaurant and Lounge in Accra. Osagyefo leads a lineup of Ghanaian Reggae artistes at the Kwame ...

The influence of the African diaspora has been felt stronger in the Caribbean than anywhere else in the Americas. Among the greatest of these influences is how the music of the Caribbean islands have ...

In “Reggae: The Golden Age of a Spiritual Revolution and Musical Rebellion, 1970–1980,” Dr. Reiland Rabaka enters the decade when Jamaica transformed bass, drum, scripture, street knowledge, and ...

Anthropologist Carole Yawney has documented how on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994 the African National Congress (ANC) distributed an ...