Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

Congolese songstress Mbilia Bel will perform at the Pan African Rhumba Festival at Carnivore on November 2. The evergreen songstress, who will kick off the festive season, arrived in the country ...

Powerful and majestic, the king of the beasts has no natural predators. But unthinkably, African lion numbers have plummeted by over 40% in the last three generations, due to loss of living space and ...

That was on October 30, 1974. The Rumble in the Jungle became a worldwide event. It became a marketing coup by Mobutu Sese ...

Kinshasa has around 12.8 million residents, making it the largest French-speaking city in the world. Paris, with about 11 million people, comes in second. French is an official language in the ...

Gims, formerly Maitre Gims, is a fantastically successful French-Congolese singer, rapper, producer and songwriter. Born in Congo the son of Djanana Djuna, one of Papa Wemba's singers in the band Viva ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Africa may be set to transform itself from a relative clean-energy laggard into a power-sector pioneer. African power firms have plans to dramatically ...

Africa’s enduring challenges and vast opportunities continues to focus the minds of governments, civil society, and private corporations alike. Drawing on the continent’s complicated history ...

The October 2024 edition of Africa’s Pulse reports a fragile economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa, with growth projected at 3% in 2024, up from 2.4% in 2023, driven by increased private consumption ...

Last year, Uber launched its first e-bike fleet in Africa on Nairobi’s streets. In the first six months of this year the number of registered EVs in Kenya tripled. Similar trends are apparent in ...

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange ...

NMAAHC Live: A Conversation Between Bill Banfield and Ernie Isley at the National Museum of African American History ... Latin American music from Sol y Rumba and Mexican folk dance by Corazon ...