When Western missionaries arrived in Africa in the 19th century, they disallowed the use of native musical instruments in ...

Globally acclaimed musician and producer Michael Prince Johnson has released Warrior Blood: Kings & Queens of Africa, a powerful Afro-House album with 10 tracks that celebrate African leaders and ...

The WMNF Song of the Day for December 2, 2025 is “Nirvana the Buffalo” by Toubab Krewe. Toubab Krewe is an American ...

Rhiannon Giddens is a folk singer and multi-instrumentalist who also happens to be a classically trained opera singer. Having grown up in North Carolina, she’s now on a mission to re-frame the history ...

The latest archival release on Damon Albarn's Honest Jon's imprint collects early 78 sides containing spare folk songs, primarily from Ghana and Nigeria, many of which are delivered a cappella. Save ...

Musicians such as Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy are now established mainstream stars around the world, and global interest in African music has never been higher. In 2019, Beyoncé hand-picked some of ...

This audio is not currently available. Since January 2012, the vast West African nation of Mali has been in crisis. Formerly considered a stable democracy, Mali has become embroiled in a complex ...