Afribeat
South African based African music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, African film and music festivals.
http://www.afribeat.com/African Hip Hop
Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads amd music store.
http://www.africanhiphop.com/
African Music Encyclopedia
An overview of music from Africa and the African Diaspora by country and artist.
http://africanmusic.org/
African Music Pages
Featuring West African Highlife, Palm Wine and Central and East African Soukous. Transcriptions, recommendations, art, books CDs and lots of information. (notz.com).
http://www.notz.com/african_pages.htm
Afropop Worldwide
Includes information about the radio series, biographies of leading African musicians, discographies, profiles of the music in each African country and region, and African recipes.
http://www.afropop.org/
Attaya
Music from a number of African countries available in Real Audio and MP3 formats.
http://www.erslah.com/attaya/music.asp
Columbia University: Music of Africa
Annotated listing of links.
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/music.html
East African Music
A site devoted to Kenyan and Tanzanian popular music: Descriptions of the music, discographies, audio files, and the Samba Mapangala Home Page.
http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/eamusic.htm
Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique
Popular urban music of Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Congo. Includes artist profiles, reviews, and a schedule of festivals in Europe.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/4939/frames/framemus.html
Gateway of Africa
Portal for African music. Indexed by artist, country, style.
http://www.gatewayofafrica.com/
Library African Music
International Library of African Music contains over 40,000 recordings. The site includes a searchable index and sound samples of African instruments.
http://ilam.ru.ac.za/
Madunia
Non-profit NGO promoting Africa music. Includes artists profiles, a monthly real audio/video show, and artist features.
http://www.madunia.nl/
Music in Eastern and Central Africa
An article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.
http://epunix.biols.susx.ac.uk/Home/Julian_Thorpe/sax15.htm
Music of the African Diaspora
Australian based African music site, that includes sections on history, traditional instruments and live concerts.
http://www.acslink.aone.net.au/christo/f_afridi.htm
Musique d'Afrique.
African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/rufus/
NTAMA - Journal for African Music and Popular Culture
Articles on music and musicians in Africa.
http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/
Radio Africa
Includes reviews of rare recordings, discographies, archived playlists, and links.
http://home.connexus.net.au/~mimt/Radio%20Africa/
Recordiversity
Information and images about collectable records, with the emphasis on seven-inch singles from Africa. There are galleries showcasing records from different African countries, as well as links to related sites.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/dubcitizen/
Roots World: African Music
Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/africa.html
Swahili Music Portal
Free MP3 Downloads with historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.
http://wenyewe.com/
The African Tradition
A study in African-American musical roots. Listen to early recordings of African and African-American music, and learn about their history.
http://aaas.myztek.com
The Leopard Man's Guide to African Music
Biographies, discographies and reviews of African artists and bands. Updated monthly. In English and Norwegian.
http://www.leopardmannen.no
Urban African Music
An overview of a French exhibition charting the growth of popular music in Africa during the 20th century.
http://www.mediaport.net/AfricArt/GFMA/GFMA_francais/GFMA_home_FR.html
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