Fittingly, that issue is all about the past 15 years of protest on the continent. Blending dance, hip-hop, funk, and more, the experimental outfit Just a Band, and their leader, Blinky Bill, have ...

On a Tuesday night in May, I braved Nairobi’s grinding traffic to make my way downtown to a venue called the Igiza Lounge. Perched on the second-floor balcony of the stone-clad Kenya National Theater, ...

Professional music therapy does not replace these traditions; it curates them within ethical and clinical frameworks.

When Anuna Doreen fled war in South Sudan for Dadaab Refugee camp in Kenya in 2015, she did not know what the future would hold for her and her family. But she says her life was transformed when she ...

Afro Simba is a 10-year old band that explores the music of 9 indigenous coastal communities of Kenya, collectively called the Mijikenda. Now based in the capital Nairobi, the group’s Kombo Chokwe ...

Quality music videos are not necessarily decided by numbers or a big budget. Today, trends suggest one can score numbers on their music video by buying views or even just having a likeable personality ...

Renowned Rwandan choir, Ambassadors of Christ Choir, has announced their next mission trip to Kenya, where they will perform as guest artistes at a major gospel celebration in Nairobi. The choir will ...

Speaking during the gala, Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Amb. Ernest Rwamucyo, commended the initiative as an important step in strengthening both cultural and people-to-people ties between ...

When John Ouko walks the green, leafy paths of the Nairobi Arboretum, he sees thousands of tiny signs of hope for a tree that had been cut to the point that Kenyans feared they might lose it—the ...

In the Kenyan capital, Mexican culture is everywhere, from television to music to restaurants. A primer on the latest global mash-up. By Jillian Keenan On New Year’s Eve, as people around the world ...