By: Dr. Krystal Klingenberg, a curator of music in the division of Culture and the Arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the American musical mainstream, creating popular new American music genres ...

“African American music is American music,” said John Fleming, noting that much of this music is popular internationally. He is the immediate past director of the National African American Music ...

It later became a popular American instrument ... connects the origins of African music to slave culture and shout worship to the Harlem Renaissance, Negro spirituals, concert halls, classical ...

Banning Eyre: Agatchu, good to meet you. You may not know us but we've been covering African popular music since 1988, and it's been interesting to watch how things have changed over all those years.

For decades, African beats and rhythms have been an integral part of the evolution of popular music in the United States and beyond. They influenced jazz, which influenced blues, and then rock ...

This final part of a trilogy on the evolution of African popular music focuses on the growing influence of the continent’s rhythms as a global cultural force. What better way to celebrate Africa ...

Canada-based Rwandan musician Safi Madiba is among artistes who will grace the stage at the African Descent Festival 2025, one of Canada’s most iconic celebrations of African heritage and culture. The ...

The way Davido sees it, Nigerian culture is having a moment. “We’re very popular, not only in music,” the 32-year-old Afrobeats star told AFP during a recent interview in Paris, pointing to ...

“The spirituals were the scaffolding, the blueprint, the spine of what became popular music in this country ... institutions of higher learning for African Americans. (Most universities ...

141-154 (14 pages) African Pianism is a style of piano music which employs techniques and styles used in the performance of African instrumental traditional songs and African popular music. The ...

The program features a cohesive group of songs that blend elements of world music ... “African Symphony” traces Kidjo’s experiences as an artist, and with arrangements of songs made popular ...