Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

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Colonisation was a terrible thing, but music was able to take something that was very bad and create something good,” Alberto ...

Every February, the nation comes together to honor and celebrate Black History Month, a time dedicated to reflecting on the achievements of African Americans.

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Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated ...

For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony unveiled a "first-of-its-kind" cultural hub in Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday, bringing together a ...