Two weeks ago, fans of afro-fusion and folk were treated to energetic performances from acts like Chief Matigari, Ayrosh, Ambasa Mandela, Kwame Rigii, and H_art the Band at the Folk Fusion event in ...

In 1950, Hugh Tracey, a British-born ethnomusicologist, travelled to Kapkatet, Kenya, to record the native songs of the Kipsigis, a pastoral tribe based in the western highlands of the Rift Valley.

Traditional African musical sounds and songs are under threat today. More than 50 years after the end of official colonial rule, the legacy of colonialism continues to sideline many traditional ...