How African record labels built independent infrastructure across Nigeria, South Africa and beyond, and why they are now central partners in the global music industry.

A look at highlife music history, tracing how Ghana's guitar-and-brass sound shaped Afrobeat, hiplife and West African popular music more broadly.

Burna Boy is more than one of Africa’s biggest music stars. He is one of the artists who helped push modern African music from...

An exploration of West African griots, the hereditary musician-historians whose kora, balafon and tama traditions continue to shape African music today.

An editorial look at how African percussion instruments like the djembe and talking drum are being used, sampled, and respected in modern music production.