A South African woman living abroad shared that she met Nigerians and sparked a hilarious debate about amapiano and Afrobeats ...

Described as one of the hottest music genres around today, Amapiano is taking over the world. To find out more, BBC 1Xtra travelled to its spiritual home, South Africa, to explore the genre's past ...

Apple Music has released this month’s Africa Now DJ Mix featuring South African DJ, producer and entrepreneur, Oskido (real ...

Drawing from an oral storytelling background, they eventually combined African music styles with Christian psalms and hymns. Initially, these musical moments were centered around Sunday worship ...

A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday ...

Grammy Award-winning singer Nomcebo Zikode has joined forces with Kenya’s Sofiya Nzau and Nigeria’s Fireboy DML in a new single, Meta, which showcases the unique 3-Step genre.

Fresh of his South African Music Awards (Samas) win, legendary DJ, Oskido is celebrating African rhythms in an exclusive Africa Now DJ Mix. The Apple Music playlist curated by the Mzansi icon is a ...

taking the mesmerized audience on a journey to explore the expansive landscape of South African choral music, a vibrant and uplifting genre which combines traditional African rhythms and harmonies ...

More recently, amid the wider Afrobeats wave , South Africa yielded the distinct club genre of amapiano. It’s a svelte, melodic style of dance music pitched between European deep house ...