Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AKA performing in 2015, at the height of his fame. Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images The 35-year-old AKA was born in Cape ...

Ayra Starr's second album, The Year I Turned 21, is a global-minded symphony of influences, and part of a recent wave of young women charting their own course for African pop. Ayra Starr’s new album, ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

Reviewed by Luis Gimenez in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 9 (3) 2013, pages 192-195. Reviewed by Caroline Mose in Journal of African cultural studies (London) 25 (2) June 2013, pages ...

From the highly exported Pop music of Afrobeats to heavy-hitting Hip Hop collaborations down to Amapiano party starters, Nigerian and South African stars have a track record of delivering hit records ...