Last week came with good news for Africa as Congolese rumba music won Unesco protected status. It joined other living traditions such as Jamaican Reggae on Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage of ...

The much-anticipated 2024 Spotify Wrapped has officially dropped, and this year, it’s all about celebrating the fans, artists ...

Protests against Kenyan President William Ruto have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art. That's energizing the young Kenyans leading the protests, even as human rights groups say many of the ...

Caleb Ndiku is one of Kenya’s top Olympic gold medal hopefuls for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and apparently, good friends with the best rap in the country. The distance runner released a ...

The set showcases the influential figure, and political activist, in Africa's music history The post Joseph Kamaru – Heavy Combination 1966–2007 reviewed: engaging overview of Kenya’s late statesman ...

In the recesses of Nairobi's sprawling Kenyatta market waft the sounds of rumba. Between merchants selling roasted meat, sits a man who has been selling vinyl albums from the spot for nearly 30 years.

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Songbird Faya Tess, Labour Day celebrations, Nairobi, 2019. [George Orido, Standard] Last week came with good news for ...