From Meat Pies in the Club to ‘Money Constant,’ Billboard African Rookie of the Month Mavo Is Set on Becoming a ‘Mainstream International Artist’

Mavo tells Billboard about dropping back-to-back superstar collaborations with Wizkid and Davido while finishing his ...
Los Angeles Times

Tyla won the first African music performance Grammy. Now, ‘I really want people to go deeper.’

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...
The New York Times

Inside Mamelodi Sundowns: South Africa’s superclub, the home of ‘shoeshine and piano’

Mamelodi Sundowns won their eighth South African Premiership title in a row with a game to spare in May but, before their last league fixture, the mood inside the meeting room at the club’s training ...
The New York Times

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love South African Jazz

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...
The Oak Ridger

How African music became American music

At 2 p.m. Feb. 3, I met John Fleming, his sister, and Ruby Miller, at the American Museum of Science and Energy. It was my privilege to provide a tour to acquaint our speaker for the evening with ...