The sprawling festival blended local talent with international superstars at its latest staging. Get all the details.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. In HYBE’s growing effort to expand its roster beyond ...

As African music continues to gain international traction, digital platforms focused on regional genres are attracting ...

Tracks by Rema, Burna Boy and more were streaming in the billions, but hits are drying up. Stars and analysts across the African music industry fret about how to change course In 2016, Afrobeats – the ...

Pride and Belonging in African Art,” at the National Museum of African Art, the Smithsonian’s first major show of African ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

The recent controversy surrounding Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical drama In The Heights shined a necessary light on Afro-LatinX representation in television in film. As critics drew attention to the ...

Zakaria El Ouahdi has been crowned the winner of the Ebony Shoe for the 2025/2026 season, beating Algerian midfielder Adem ...

South African rand edges as markets eye Trump-Xi summit The South African rand edged higher in early trade on Wednesday, as investors awaited developments from a meeting between U.S. President Donald ...

The Afro-Caribbean and gospel music landscape in 2026 is buzzing with fresh energy, as artists like Antonny Drew, Baky, and Arsène Mukendi push creative limits with new albums, live tours, and even AI ...

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery from successive global shocks is losing momentum, with growth projections for 2026 revised downward from those published in October 2025. Spillovers from the ...

I urge States to take concrete steps, with the full participation of people of African descent and their communities, to tackle old and new forms of racial discrimination; and to dismantle entrenched ...