While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of Afrobeats’ international popularity, musicians including Tyla and Burna Boy are now pushing for global recognition beyond the genre.

“At the beginning, I thought we were digging a deep hole for ourselves, as people feel so passionately about this character,” says Angus Gibson, the director and co-creator of South Africa’s ...

More than three decades after it first roared onto cinema screens, Disney’s animated masterpiece The Lion King continues to spawn entertainment experiences around the globe, from the 2024 CGI prequel ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

Thickets of plumage and towering creatures rise from the floor. Calls from the wild are deep, percussive, and rupture the ground, each turn met with a restless energy. And then suddenly, the heaving ...