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Africans bagged multiple Grammys in two different categories last night at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Nigerian musician Temilade Openiyi, who goes...

The Ordway, Minnesota’s flagship performing arts venue, announced Wednesday morning that it has hired Detroit arts executive Christopher Harrington as its next president and...

Malian singer, composer, poet, guitarist, bandleader and activist Salif Keita, “The Golden Voice of Africa,” will be performing at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival...

As part of St. Catherine University's Woman of Substance Series, Angelique Kidjo will  perform at O’Shaughnessy Auditorium in St Paul on April 24th at...

Club Balattou is tiny. You walk in off St. Laurent, one of Montreal’s main drags, and you’re looking directly at musicians on stage just...

“I am a Liberian, not a virus.” That’s the loud and clear message of a campaign launched online by a group of Liberian women...

In his latest music video, world-renowned Senegalese pop star Youssou N'Dour does what he does best. His song, One Africa, performed with vocalist Idylle...

Like the Colorado River helped to sculpt the Grand Canyon, so Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits work to shape their musical landscape into...

Most people with any interest in soccer know that the FIFA World Cup was held for the first time in Africa in 2010 in South Africa. While Mother Africa was disappointed that one of her teams did not win the cup, it was nonetheless not a total loss for Africa. The event did popularize two things African: The loud vuvuzelas and a little-known Somali rapper named Keinan Abdi Warsame.

For many Americans, the ascent of President-elect Barack Obama is symbolic of America's improving race relations. Africans in the Diaspora find more to celebrate: Obama's father's African ancestry.