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  • Celebrating Fela

    Controversial as he was, Fela is to Africa what Elvis is to the U.S. This prolific musician published over 100 records.

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater: A Jazz musician's African journey

    Dee Dee Bridgewater's Red Earth - A Malian Journey, takes her distinctive jazz voice and knowledge and carries this over into her vision -- a journey to retrace her African roots to Mali and create a jazz fusion of the two cultures.

  • Angelique Kidjo Wins Grammy Award

    Angelique Kidjo's latest, Djin Djin, received a Grammy award for the Best Contemporary World Music Album.

  • Akon Nabs Four Grammy Nominations

    Senegalese superstar Akon received four Grammy nominations including possible honors for Best Contemporary R&B Album for his multi-platinum/5 million selling smash album Konvicted.

  • Review: Akon's Rags to Riches

    Akon's story of how he broke out of tough times as a jail-bound car-jacking African immigrant youth, to eventually change and become the hip-hop star that he is, recently aired on VH1 as part of the station's Black History month specials.

  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo tours the U.S. in February

    Grammy Award winning South African band Ladysmith Black Mambazo will go on tour in the U.S. in February, a couple of weeks after the release of their latest album Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu.

  • Smokey and S.O. Simple featured on new Moby Single

    Dance music DJ Moby's single "Alice" featuring Smokey and S.O. Simple from the 419 Squad, as well as UK-based underground rapper Aynzil will hit the airwaves March 17.