An illustrated website, with audio files from recordings and photos, about the artist Yacub Addy and his group Odadaa. Addy teaches at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. The site includes detailed summaries on Ga drums and music of Ghana.

A current and extensive guide to the popular African and Afro-Caribbean music scene, with performance schedules for the New York City area, interviews, reviews, and links to many other African music web sites.

In English or French. Current news, interviews, lyrics, multi-media files, and promotional information on the latest artists and their work in African 'hip hop' culture. 'This web site, originally called 'Rumba-Kali' was initiated in February 1997 as a platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent.'

This site offers information (with image, sound, and video files) on the musical traditions of the Ewe of Ghana, and of other West African societies. There are also descriptions of programs at UC--Berkeley.

A small library of discographies for musical stars and bands from Nigeria and Senegal.

The site includes links to publications or recordings on sale, announcements about educational programs, events, a newsletter, The Voice of African Music, and related links. "[Formerly 'The St. Louis African Chorus']...was founded to foster a better understanding of Africa's cultures through the musical arts...begun in 1994."

In English, French, or Spanish. Current and some historical background on the popular music of each country in Africa, the Caribbean, & the Indian Ocean, with information on recordings of major artists; plus "Black Paris" music industry information and links to other sites.

"Afropop Worldwide is PRI Public Radio International's weekly series showcasing the contemporary musical cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora in the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe. Hosted by international broadcast personality Georges Collinet from Cameroon.." This site offers information about the radio program; Afropop-sponsored events and trips; and, general information about the music of Africa and the African diaspora.

"...a media project dedicated to the idea that music is a key to understanding everything...Hip Deep has been created and maintained with major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities...you can access the entire archive of Hip Deep radio programs, and read interviews and narratives...discographies, images, videos, and links to music and other resources."

The official site in German offering a description of the archives, its holdings, and contact information.
As of June 2010, the old site in English features a brief history of the archives, its holdings, and links.

A personal "blog" celebrating a wide variety of rare and lesser-known music recordings from Africa by an American collector. The site features free downloads (MP3 format) of selected tracks.

Un site en français, en anglais, ou en tamazight-- qui célèbre les artistes dans le domaine de la musique amazighe de l'Afrique du Nord. Le site comprend un répertoire des musiciens avec une entrée biographique pour chaque artiste et une petite sélection des fichiers vidéos et sonores.

An extensive archive of discographies (without audio samples) on African musical artists from all over the continent -- in English or in French. This site includes a CD shop, information about festivals, CD reviews, links to artists' websites, and monthly updates on new releases!

The official web site --in English, Dutch, or in French-- for a new international opera in two acts with music composed by Zé Manel. Wasis Diop is the artistic director and wrote the libretto with Koulsy Lamko. The opera, sung in Bambara, Malinké and Wolof, premiered in Bamako, Mali, in February 2007, performed in May 2007 in Amsterdam, and again in late October 2007 in Paris, France. The site includes background information, the downloadable libretto and notes, color photographs of scenes, and 1 short video from Bamako, and 1 full-length video recording of scenes from the Amsterdam production.

General information about the center, its director -- John Gray, and related links. "Founded in 1989, the Black Arts Research Center is an archival resource center dedicated to the documentation, preservation and dissemination of the African cultural legacy. Resources include some 2300 recordings, cassettes and videotapes, 1300 books and journals, 500 clippings files and a bibliographic database with more than 50,000 entries. These materials now offer one of the richest resources ever on the Black presence in the performing arts."

John Collins, the renowned scholar of Ghanaian highlife and other forms of West African popular music, edits this site which features downloadable articles and books in PDF format and music clips in MP3 format. There is also details about the BAPMAF music archive first established in 1990.

This website features news about events and trends in Tanzanian hip-hop music and other forms of contemporary East African youth music with Swahili lyrics.

The home page of the 98.4 FM radio station in Nairobi, with weekly pop music charts in East Africa, programme schedule, and other general information on the contemporary cultural scene in Nairobi.

An African music catalog featuring CD recordings by a few well-known and many not-so-well-known artists. The catalog also includes:
- African Folk
- Central Africa
- North Africa
- Southern Africa
- West Africa

This site offers information about the Center's programs and activities.
--See especially: Resources for researchers and teachers, including bibliographies and a discography of music by black composers.

News on events in southern and eastern Africa; plus information about publications are featured on this site. "...aims to promote and advance the learning of the philosophy, theory and human meaning of African instrumental music and dance practices in classroom music education in SADC countries."

This "classical music" website offers a discography (PDF format), composer listing, recent promotional news, and related links.

The home page of a Boston-based American "world music ensemble" lead by kora player David Gilden ; plus related links on the kora, educational programs, and concerts.
-- See also: Selected Kora Masters on the Internet

This US site offers a basic introduction to Zimbabwean music, contact information on teachers who specialize in Zimbabwean music in the US and elsewhere, images of "traditional" instruments, texts of interviews with Zimbabwean musicians, photographs, and links to related sites.

Duggy Tee est un co-fondateur du groupe rap sénégalais très célèbre "Positive Black Soul".
Veuillez voir aussi: Didier Awadi ci-dessus.

Articles and discographies on the popular music of Kenya, Tanzania, and the Congo. The author of this site is a cultural anthropologist, who also has a radio program in the Seattle area.

This is an "About the Artist" web page, with a link to a full length video of the "International Refugee Day" performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Un site -- en anglais, en français, et en arabe -- qui offre le programme et les informations sur les artistes.

Sur ce site officiel du festival, on peut trouver les informations les plus utiles à propos de cet événement annuel. De plus, on peut lire des petites lectures générales sur quelques artistes qui ont donné des représentations au festival dans le passé.

Sous le thème "Economie créative : perspectives en Afrique = Strengthening the Pan African Creative Industries Through Entrepreneurship". Cette biennale panafricaine, a été créée en février 1998, lors de la 67e session des ministres de l'OUA.

Promotional news about the current music scene in Ghana and an online catalog of contemporary Ghanaian musical artists.

A Masters' thesis project on the history and cultural traditions of the Gnawa, with maps and suggested readings in print and on the web.

A blog site --in German and in English-- offering commentary, web links, and a selection of audio files of contemporary music from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Sudan, with brief descriptions, a bibliography on the literature about music from the Horn of Africa.

The site includes information about research and teaching programs, related links, and publications--including: African music journal. (Online), 1954-2008."Founded in 1954 by Hugh Tracey, ILAM is the greatest repository of African music in the world. A research institution devoted to the study of music and oral arts in Africa, it preserves thousands of historical recordings going back to 1929 and supports contemporary fieldwork."

An extensive collection of texts, bibliographies, and links to information about the history, cultures, and "traditional" music of up to 32 different cultural groups ("tribes") in Kenya, with a clickable map and audio files (excerpted from cassette tapes recorded or purchased in the country during 1998-99). The author is a traveller, photographer, and author.

The site provides information on the annual festival and links to highlights from the previous programmes since 2000.

This site features an extensive library of lyrics of Kenyan popular contemporary music (in English, Kiswahili, Sheng dialect, and other African languages--many with English translations), music industry news, blog section, biographies of Kenyan musical artists, and links to audio and video clips.

A commercial site offering a catalog of African instruments, with useful illustrations and sound files.

Official web site of the very popular South African reggae music artist, with biography, discography, videography, song lyrics, press cuttings, and a few short audio files.

Part of a larger collection: Références sur la Musique de Madagascar / References on Malagasy Music: an extensive bibliography compiled by the same authors.

C'est le site officiel (en français ou en anglais) de l'Association Marimbalafon, qui a été créé en France à l'origine et qui est dédiée à la promotion des xylophones, marimbas, balafons et consorts, principalement d'Afrique. Le site comprend un répertoire d'artistes, une base de données de références (une bibliographie), une carte de pays, d'ethnies, et de termes en Afrique, et plusieurs fichiers sonores -- et une boutique.

Le site offre les renseignements les plus utiles sur les artistes et les groupes centrafricains, plusieurs résumés de l'histoire des musiques traditionelles et contemporaines, les dates concerts et soirées, etc. "Maziki.Net créé en septembre 2003 est un site désormais consacré à la promotion de la Musique Centrafricaine sous toutes ses formes. 'Maziki, mozoko'ou encore 'N'gombi'en la ngue nationale de Centrafrique le 'Sango', veut dire tout simplement Musique."

Extensive information on the history and traditions of mbira in Zimbabwe; includes sound clips, discographies of mbira stars, and links to related sites.

This website features popular music industry news, photographs, music reviews, and related links for Uganda and Africa in general.

A collection of audio files and brief texts on "Highlife" and "Soukous" styles of music from West Africa; plus links to other African music sites--including the "African Music Webring" and a short list of recommended books. The "pages" are part of a larger collection on Jazz and other forms of music of interest to the webmaster, a Scottish-born musician.

This electronic journal --in English and in German-- features articles, interviews, and reviews especially on African musicians travelling in Europe and elsewhere outside Africa.

This site consists of two lists of recordings and artists. "The Orishas are divine beings originally worshipped by the Yoruba people of West Africa. Their worship was carried to the New World in the holds of slave ships, and became well established in many countries of the western hemisphere. Music is a major element in the worship of the Orishas. ... Orishas have also insinuated themselves into the melting pot of popular culture, and songs celebrating their existence have come out of many musical genres, from jazz to salsa to disco."

A commercial site with catalog of selected African music artists, organized by genre or country, downloads of excerpts from albums, and order information; plus free 24/7 Internet Radio.

Current monthly news (some weekly updates) and promotional information on African music and the South African urban pop entertainment scene, with photos, feature stories, and an archive of back issues.

General information about sabar drumming and dancing from Senegal. plus useful links to other sites and announcements on classes and performances in the US and in Senegal.

A blog essay on "sabar" drumming and dancing in Senegal, West Africa, with photos and links to videos and other web sites.

This corporate site includes a selection of "live" radio broadcast downloads---especially popular music ; plus a searchable TV program guide.

Saramaya est un groupe qui est composé de quatre percussionistes chanteurs, et d'une chanteuse aussi danseuse, tous de Bobo-Dioulasso au Burkina Faso. Le site offre des informations sur le Burkina Faso et ses cultures (y compris des recettes de la cuisine des burkinabés et une brève liste de livres recommandés), les informations à propos du groupe Saramaya, avec plusieurs fichiers sonores de leurs enregistrements, et même quelques fichiers vidéos. En plus, on peut créer sa propre composition musique. Il faut avoir le plug-in Macromedia Flash Player.

--See also: Previous festival editions.

"...a visual archive of rare and sometimes unusual South African audio documents as artifacts. The aim of the project is to provide a searchable database as a resource for those researching South African audio history."
--See also, two "sister projects", the blog sites called: flatint -and- Electric Jive

Download music files (with RealPlayer) of performances by Sudanese artists: Mohamed Wardi, Ali Ibrahim Allahu, Hussein Shendi, Shar Habil Ahmad, Abidah Al-Sheikh, Hamad Al-Rayah, and others. See also, the Sudan.Net Home Page for a "weekly" music feature.

A promotional web page about the group, with links to audio and video files. "Sunduza in Ndebele means 'let us push'. They come from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Sunduza have been pushing their beautiful scintillating harmonies, percussive rhythms and high energy dances internationally. The productions reflect a wide range of Southern African dance normally displayed in a context to which international audiences can relate. The performances are upbeat and reflect modern and traditional issues in Southern Africa. They are unique. Lead vocalist, choreographer and composer Simon Banda has given their sound a special harmonic difference."

"Tamaji is a collaborative, bilingual (English and French) webzine that strives to facilitate communication between black cultures throughout the globe and to enlighten the rest about the African diaspora's heritage by means of literary works, articles, videos, art, photography and discussions."