South African celebrities are using their voices to speak out against gender-based violence (GBV) as the country grapples with the deaths of women whose bodies have been discovered across Ekurhuleni.
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Kenya, Sep 23 — Africa’s music industry will come under renewed pressure to convert its growing global visibility into jobs, investment and export earnings when the Francophone African Music Industries Fair (SIMA) returns to Cotonou in November
UA.NEWS23 September 2026 08:11
September 19, 2026 — Nigerian music act Frontnback has won the Man On Cheq Awards 2026 for Best Afrobeat Artist 2026, following a high-energy performance at the awards ceremony held on Saturday at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos
Lev Shevtsov21 September 2026 13:14
Josephine Amuzu17:04 – 20 September 2026 Black Sherif’s ‘Sun Sherif’ Is Out Black Sherif’s new single ‘Jolie’ from his ‘SUN SHERIF’ EP debuts at No. 20 on the UK Official Afrobeats Chart for September 13–19, 2026.
Following auditions across Enugu, Benin and Abuja, MTN Next Afrobeats Star Season 2 heads to Lagos this weekend for the final opportunity for aspiring artistes to earn a place in the next stage of the music talent competition.
Nollywood stars and stakeholders are mourning the passing of veteran actor Olu Jacobs, who died at age 84.
Culture is not an aesthetic preset. You cannot prompt your way into a lived experience.
Kofi Agawu is regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on African music. The Ghanaian scholar, teacher and researcher has changed how the world hears and studies it.
