Tag: African Music

Era-defining Benin musician dies aged 39

Tributes have been paid to Willy Mignon, an era-defining Beninese musician who…

Rachida Houssou Rachida Houssou

Tems sees off Yemi Alade and Burna Boy to win Grammy

Nigerian singer Tems saw off the likes of Yemi Alade, Burna Boy…

Mansur Abubakar Mansur Abubakar

Who should count as African at the Grammy Awards?

The Grammy Awards has a dedicated space for African music, but just…

Marco Oriunto Marco Oriunto

Nigerian star 2Baba announces separation from wife

Popular Nigerian musician and performer Innocent Idibia, widely known as 2Baba or…

Mansur Abubakar Mansur Abubakar

Ghanaian music legend who founded Afro-rock band Osibisa dies

Ghanaian music legend and saxophonist Teddy Osei, who founded the Afro-rock band…

Mark Wilberforce Mark Wilberforce

Top South African singer Winnie Khumalo dies aged 51

outh African actress and singer Winnie Khumalo has died at the age…

Wycliffe Muia Wycliffe Muia

How old English sea shanties inspired Cape Verdean singer

When she was a young child and taking too long to get…

Penny Dale Penny Dale

Bold and fearless: Nigeria’s latest star to headline in London

If Ruger has learnt one thing this year, it's that taking a…

Toyin Owoseje Toyin Owoseje

The Malawi music icon who became a ‘soldier for the poor’

As a child, Lucius Chiccio Banda had little interest in music -…

Peter Jegwa Peter Jegwa

Tiwa Savage: I always wanted to be an actor

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage is known as the "Queen of Afrobeats" but…