Global Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage, 46, is deepening her investment in the future of African music. She’s launching the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation and partnering with Berklee College of Music to ...

Dipo Faloyin is a journalist and the author of “Africa Is Not a Country,” a book about the continent’s history, diversity and persistent stereotypes. Feb. 5, 2026 Heaving with coordinated chaos, Lagos ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nigerian singer-songwriters Ayra Starr (R) and Rema (L) are among the stars who have helped drive the global popularity of ...

When Jude Nnam wrote his first Mass in 1992, it was under the subconscious influence of a boyhood experience. In the mid-1970s, Nnam and two friends visited an Assemblies of God church in Enugu, the ...

With Africa’s sound driving global pop culture, Hi-Way 89 Entertainment is positioning Canada as a launchpad for the next generation of African and diaspora artists. CNN’s Larry Madowo follows ...

The Nigerian football community lost some of its iconic former football stars in 2025, most of whom were ill AFCON 1980 heroes Christian Chukwu and Charles, and 1998 World Cup star Peter Rufai, passed ...

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As Nigerian music continues to dominate the global stage, many Nigerians in the diaspora are reconnecting with their roots, using music to promote and represent Nigeria and African culture worldwide.

As active members of the Phoenix music scene since 2023, Right Rosemary brings the indie music scene to life through their music. The group of students started as a trio as ASU pop music students, ...

Ghanaian musician Ladsmid Nathaniel Owusu popularly known as Lasmid has claimed that many Nigerian Afrobeats songs gained popularity in Ghana before being widely accepted in Nigeria. The 26-year-old ...

The ascent of Nigerian music to global dominance is no longer a conversation about potential. It has now been etched into the annals of music history. This week, American pop culture custodians, ...

From Lagos to the Grammys, Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems has conquered the global stage without compromising who she is. “Authenticity is everything to me,” she says. “That’s the one thing I cannot ...