“Rambax is unique,” says Touré, whose family of prominent griot percussionists had him drumming from the age of four.

By the early 2000s, Bongo Flava was no longer an experiment—it was a movement. Its infectious rhythms, Swahili wordplay, and ...

Reading the foreign policy chapter of the African National Congress’s (ANC) 2022 discussion paper, one gets a sense that South Africa’s ruling party is increasingly marching to the beat of a different ...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo is asking U.S. President Donald Trump to reinstate foreign aid to Africa. “Targeted humanitarian aid for Africa is urgently needed, morally good, and of great strategic ...

When the crackling sounds of records by Franco Luambo and Tabu Ley Rochereau first reached East Africa’s coastlines in the 1950s, they carried more than melodies—they ushered in a cultural revolution.

Her music spans genres like R&B, Afro-pop, and Bongo Flava: with hits like Ndindindi, Yahaya, Siku Hazigandi, and collaborations like Understanding, Anita, Single Boy, Nitafanya and Rosella. Fast ...

ANC MP and former state security minister Bongani Bongo will kick off in 2021 with two court appearances in the space of just two months. Bongo's trial will start in the Western Cape High Court in ...

Today, Bongo Flava is not just East Africa’s most streamed genre—it is also the most celebrated. Diamond Platnumz’s BET nominations, Zuchu’s record-breaking streaming numbers, Rayvanny’s international ...

South African leader Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Mandela, lived in Nigeria with his wife, ... Hugh Masekela, and Ipitombi mesmerized audiences with their performances. Ali Bongo Ondimba’s alleged ...