Modern Black femme artists are reveling in the spoils of dance music reentering the mainstream, not that it hasn’t been here all along. Staking claim to 1990s house music were vocalists Caron Wheeler, ...

House music, like hip-hop, was born in Black and Latinx queer communities in the 1970s and 1980s and quickly spread across clubs and radios globally. Women have always been central to this evolution — ...

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 ...

Ayra Starr’s new album, The Year I Turned 21 (released May 30), is the latest landmark in an ongoing Afropop evolution. It is among the sleekest records the genre has ever produced, unbelievably ...

University of Kwa-Zulu Natal provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. This is a hymn to an African woman who has inspired not only African dancers but a global community of artists to ...

On a chilly October night, the dimly lit lounge of Rock Steady — a popular Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Midtown — is notably empty. Staffers are preparing for what’s supposed to be a busy night ahead.

African artists are having a moment on the global stage. And Tems? Baby… she is undeniably leading that charge. The British-Nigerian artist has spent the last few years racking up (and I truly mean ...

Clockwise from top left: Busiswa Gqulu, Tems, Tula, Amaarae, Moonchild Sannelly, Uncle Waffles, Ayra Starr, Aya Nakamura, and Tiwa Savage. Collage by Ashley Peña Africa, with its 54 countries and more ...

A company of dancers from across Africa perform Bausch’s canonical work around the world. “I’ve always felt that this was an African dance,” said Germaine Acogny. Dancers, drawn from 14 countries ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Fans emerged from pandemic lockdowns primed to hit the floor. Now online platforms are bringing fresh sounds and budding stars to bigger audiences worldwide. Fans emerged from ...