One of the positives that emerged from post-colonial Africa was the willingness of some new governments to actively champion ethnocentric artists. Guinea’s Bembeya Jazz — along with Sengal’s Orchestra ...

A couple tracks off the De Dakar a Cuba on Danse La Rumba album, which aims to draw explicit connections between African and Latin music. It's not exactly unexplored territory (I mean, it's called ...

One of my favorite African singers helped authorities find the people responsible for the recent attacks in Bamako, Mali. Sekouba Bambino has been a lead singer in both the powerhouse Guinean band ...