BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Years after his angry, politically pointed lyrics were tagged with helping bring on a coup in Ivory Coast, Africa's leading reggae star is trying to inspire with a new message for ...

Galaxy Records, promoters of reggae singer Prince Max in conjunction with Umoja Entertainment of Dar-es-salaam are organising the first ever, indigenous East African reggae carnival. Humprey Egesa, ...

This is the six of a 10-part series looking at the impact of dancehall/reggae culture around the world. SINCE the dark days of apartheid, reggae has played a pivotal role in South Africa. Jamaican ...

Galaxy Records, promoters of reggae singer Prince Max in conjunction with Umoja Entertainment of Dar-es-salaam are organising the first ever, indigenous East African reggae carnival. Humprey Egesa, ...

GHANAIAN Afrobeats star Stonebwoy is staking his claim to reggae music. According to him, the Jamaican music belongs to Africa. “Reggae is rooted in the heart of Africa… It doesn’t belong to any ...

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In an unprecedented musical collaboration, local reggae connoisseurs, Transit Crew, will jam with Zimbabwe’s first mbira punk band, Chikwata.263, at Mannenberg on Tuesday night, the eve of Africa Day.

To promote togetherness and solidarity in Africa, a musical festival tagged, Africa Reggae and Dance Fest is set to take place on March 28, 2020 in Lagos. The event which is put together by Nigerian ...

Rapper Nas has teamed up with Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley to release a new studio album and kick off a worldwide tour on Friday that bows to their African ancestry and the roots of reggae and ...

Authors' fieldwork in Cape Town was realized as a part of the research project “Youth Music and the Construction of Social Subjectivities and Communities in Post-apartheid South Africa” led by ...

A judge sentenced three men convicted of murdering an internationally known South African reggae star in a botched carjacking to life in prison Thursday. By Associated Press A judge sentenced three ...