African Music

Sabar: African Hip-Hop

Sasha Brookner | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: West Africa, Hip Hop Culture, Hip Hop, Sabar, Hip-Hop, Africa, Dancing, Dance, African Music, African Dance, Culture News
Sasha Brookner

There is much about the rich, earthy genre of dance from the African Diaspora that is worthy of intellectual exploration; it's a connection between worlds. African dance is celestial; transcending beyond just artistic expression, it contains movements of spirit possession.

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Fela! A Musical Legend Occupies the Stage -- and Our Ears

Steve Heilig | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Afrobeat, Fela!, African Music, Fela Kuti, Fela Book, Music Africa, Africa Music, Culture News
Steve Heilig

Any stage show that attempts to conjure the spirit and spectacle of Fela Anikilapo Kuti had better be good, and the award-winning play Fela! certainly lives up to the legend.

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Dance Will Save the World

Jeffrey Page | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Jeffrey Page, Beyonce, Dance, Run the World, African Music, West African Dance, Fela!, Culture News
Jeffrey Page

What if we could dance with the rebels in the mountains of Libya, or with al Qaeda in the deserts of Afghanistan, or with soldiers on the borders of Israel and Syria?

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Bards of West Africa: the Griot Summit (Video)

Michal Shapiro | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Griot, Isabel Soffer, World Music, Jali, African Music, Blues, World Music Corner, Griot Summit at the Wave Hill Gardens, Griot Summit, Arts News
Michal Shapiro

The Summer Solstice brought a plethora of free performances in and around NYC, and the one I opted for was the Griot Summit at the Wave Hill Gardens overlooking the Hudson, in the Bronx.

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Looking for Bob Marley and Fela Kuti

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African Protest Songs, Bob Marley, African Music, Afro Beat, Fela Kuti, African Freedom Songs, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Miriam Makeba, Rastafari Movement, African Liberation Songs, Music Is the Weapon, African Dictators, World News
Alemayehu G. Mariam

Music as a Weapon of Protest It is said that "music is a universal language." Using a few notes and inspiring lyrics, musicians and song writers have...

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Angelique Kidjo and "The Sound of the Drum"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benin, Babatunde Olatunji, Batonga Foundation, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Official World Cup Kick-Off Concert, Bono, Buena Vista Social Club, Aretha Franklin, South Africa, African Drums and Chants, Gilberto Gil, Celia Cruz, West Africa, Entertainment News, Carnegie Hall, James Brown, John Legend, The Sound of the Drum, Unicef, Sacred Instrument, Stax, Roy Hargove, Youssou N?Dour, African Music, Omara Portuondo, New York City, Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo, Memphis, Education for African Girls, Soccer, Grammy Award, Jimi Hendrix, The Beat, Kompa, Grammy Awards, Oyo, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

Beninoise singer Angelique Kidjo has had a spectacular year. In April she released her newest album, OYO, where she revisited the music that inspired ...

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Love and Death, the New Album from Ghanaian Legend Ebo Taylor

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz, Ebo-Taylor, Africa, Music Reviews, Funk, Ghana, Afrobeat, African Music, Music, London, Fela Kuti, World News
Modiba

Recorded with Berlin-based collective Afrobeat Academy, Love and Death is a conscious effort on the part of Taylor to advance the afrobeat movement.

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Global Beat Fusion: Two Malians and a Brazilian

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vieux Farka Toure, African Music, Luisa Maita, Salif Keita, Brazilian Music, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

Malian guitarist/vocalist Vieux Farka Touré had his father's name to rely on when first entering the global stage in 2007, but he has far surpassed d...

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Afro-Brazilian History, Beats and Culture

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black History Month, African-American Experience, Middle Passage, Brazil Slavery, Afro-Brazilian Culture, Afro-Brazilian History, African-American Culture, Slavery, Lauri Lyons, Carnaval, Carnival, Brazil, Brasil, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Portuguese, Congo, Central Africa, Benin, Africa, Portugal, Amerindians, African Diaspora, Angola, South America, Rio De Janiero, Favelas, Samba, Easter, Afro-Brazilians, Black Orpheus, Academy Awards, City of God, Favela Rising, Cannes Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Premiere Brazil, Minister of Culture, London, Dictators, Tropicalia, Exile, Caetano Veloso, Culture Points, Latin American Politics, Vargas, Political Prisoners, Gilberto Gil, Black Pride, Americas, Black Consciousness, Ile Aiye, Rio Carnaval Parade, Moviemento Negro, Brazilian Art, Latin Music, Baile Funk, Art, Latin Art, Brazilian Music, Hip-Hop, African Music, Brazilian Hip-Hop, Turntables, Microphones, Music Samplers, B-Boys, Sao Paulo, Educardo Fm, Salvador De Bahia, Bahia, Evolucao Hip Hop, South Bronx, Afros, Bling, Breakdancing, Radio, Olympic Games, Bronx, Braids, Santos Futebol Clube, Football, Pele, Soccer, Nigerian Civil War, Lagos, New York Cosmos, Amazon Jungle, African American Photographers, Rhythmic Uprising, Beyond Impanema, President Lula Da Silva, Cricket World Cup, Flag an American Story, Flag International, Sacatar Foundation, West-Africa, The Spirits of Itaparica, Itaparica, 2014 World Cup, Brazilian Carnaval, Photography, 2016 Olympics, Music, Huffington Post, Photojournalism, Girl From Impanema, Bossa Nova, Copacabana Beach, Rappers, Urban Music, Innercity Youth, Africana Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Social Advocacy, Southern Hemisphere, World News
Lauri Lyons

While Africa and America are often recognized as the book ends of the African Diaspora, there is an additional link in the Middle Passage that is less publicized, but no less important.

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FELA! Pumps New Life Into the Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Music, Global Music Corner, African-Music, Global-Music-Corner, Fela Kuti, Africa, World News
Modiba

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...

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Global Beat Fusion: Talking Drums & Juju - King Sunny Adé in Brooklyn and More Africa

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African-Music, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Prospect-Park, World Music, Africa Day, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

There is something to the idea that African music has an ancient soul. You don't need to travel back in time to hear it; you can find it now within these artists.

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Pacifico Colombiano: Hot Sounds from Colombia's Violence-Plagued Pacific Coast

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latin America, Ecuador, Bogota, Pacifico, Columbia, Farc, Salsa, African Music, Music, Pacifico Colombiano, World News
Modiba

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...

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