The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

The dam appeared to break in 2024, as South African phenom Tyla made Grammy and chart history. But for a wide field of buzzed-about voices, the path to a crossover has narrowed.

A new study argues that AI music platforms trained on Western datasets commit epistemic injustice against African musical ...

Dublin, Dec. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Music Industry in South Africa" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report on the music industry in South Africa includes ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

New research argues that generative AI music systems reduce African musical traditions to stereotyped sonic markers while proposing a framework of cultural competence, consent and benefit-sharing to ...