South Africa is celebrating 30 years since apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela became the nation’s first Black president. In the U.S., a South African musical group is spreading Mandela’s message of ...

South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo will return to the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs. Known as “South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World” by the late ...

Kenya’s music scene has seen great changes since the colonial days, with many local singers finding fame through protest songs. One iconic example is the late Joseph Kamaru, a Kikuyu musician who is ...

As this service evolves, traditional music and a wide variety of modern South African styles begin to appear on the air. But when radio begins expanding more rapidly, black culture is forced out of ...

Strings and wood become harp and drum accompanying cellist Abel Selaocoe's chants and throat singing in his new album, Hymns of Bantu, out this month. It's just one of the many ways he makes alchemy ...

For the past dozen years a South African balladeer named Josef Marais has been quietly building a reputation as a specialist in folk and children’s songs. He and his Dutch wife Miranda accompany ...

Love songs continue to stand the test of time, and in South Africa, we are fortunate to have music bursting with talent. Music can be a great way to express yourself to your loved one or potential ...