1win Nigeria set the Guinness World Record for the Most Massive Afrobeat Dance, creating a moment that blended culture, community, and celebration in true Lagos style. With over 400 dancers, ...

You wouldn't necessarily call NOMO a jazz group, though as a touring band it certainly could pass for one. A week ago at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, it carried a front line of trumpet, ...

The genre of Afrobeat was started by Fela Kuti, the legendary Nigerian singer and political activist who died of AIDS in 1997. There's been a push to teach people more about him, with museum exhibits, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Tamara Ebo says the area around her Devastation Dance Company and Academy is a “gym desert”. There is not a traditional fitness center within a 10 minute drive from the dance ...

CITY student Christine Ngo Souhe convinced charity funders to award her £1,000 to run African dance classes for youngsters in Southampton because she was worried they were growing up not knowing ...

DJ Rich Medina (@richmedina), who hosts "Jump N Funk" afrobeat dance parties, shares with us the history of Afrobeat music, and how founder Fela Kuti's legacy continues to inspire musicians and ...

The Scotsman’s warm, uplifting and hugely danceable music provides welcome escapism with this hour-long set spanning everything from deep house to jazzy afrobeat Joshua Mannie AKA Barry Can’t Swim ...

Everyone is going Afrobeat crazy. There's Vampire Weekend, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, and Mi Ami, not to mention many Nigerian compilations on Strut and Mississippi Records and, of course, there ...

A new compilation of this hybrid Nigerian dance music—popularized in the U.S. by the likes of Drake and Diplo—shows that with Afrobeats, there’s much more than one dance. Save this story Save this ...

The ¡AY!KALIMBA! crew return to The Trades for their third instalment - to celebrate a year of bringing music from around the world to the valley, they're inviting LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE up to ...