Kippie Moeketsi was born Jeremiah Morolong Moeketsi on July 27, 1925. He was a jazz virtuoso, a modernist, and cultural icon ...

In the 1970s and '80s, three groups dominated the musical scene of Morocco: Nass al-Ghiwane, Jil Jilala and Lamchahab. Manned by five explosive talents, Lamchahab was arguably the most prominent of ...

Fela Kuti’s legacy plays out in music, in politics and even in food, with Nigerian restaurants paying homage to him on their ...

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For a brief period of time in the 1970s, Orange County was home to a drive-thru safari, where visitors could see lions, ...

Music legend Richard ‘Saggy Sagila’ Siluma, 71, has tragically passed away after collapsing at the SAMRO offices. The African ...

As part of our coverage of Moeketsi's centenary we asked him about the music behind the man ... and cultural icon from South Africa, active from the 1940s to the 1970s. He was highly regarded among ...

Ahuja Bello, a veteran Juju musician who rose to prominence in the 1970s but spent much of his latter life dealing with ...