Live in the D – The biggest festival in the world is coming to Detroit this weekend. Afro Nation is a festival celebrating African culture through Afro Beats. SMADE and Joshusa Koram, who are ...

Grammy-nominated Nigerian DJ and producer Damie says balancing tradition and innovation remains the driving force behind ...

The African Diaspora connects people from Africa to the Caribbean and Latin America, linking them through the transatlantic slave trade, various cultures and foods. Music was also influenced by those ...

Afro Air Festival will debut at Fair Park on May 17, 2025. The festival is a full day of music, dance, art and food highlighting the African diaspora. Weyni Kahsay / Courtesy When first-generation ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tuesday kicks off Afro-Latino Week in the Mid-South, a celebration of the rich and diverse blended culture of African and Latin heritage. The events have been hosted every year since ...

SURVIVORS CAN FIND STRENGTH TOGETHER. 739 NOW AND TODAY YOU CAN EXPERIENCE SOUNDS, SIGHTS AND THE TASTES OF AFRICAN CULTURE RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA. THAT’S FOR THE ANNUAL AFRO FEST. KETV ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

Jazz at Lincoln Center will launch its “Mother Africa” season with the world premiere of “Afro!,” a new commission by managing and artistic director — and jazz legend — Wynton Marsalis, on Sept. 18–20 ...

This article is the second in a three part-series about 3-Step and its unifying impact across borders in Africa. The first article analysed how 3-Step's emergence helped change the narrative of music ...

When first-generation Eritrean American Weyni Kahsay was a child, she looked forward to the moments she could dance in traditional Eritrean dresses, surrounded by the sounds, smells and colors of her ...