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Topic: Regional / Africa / Arts and Entertainment / Music

Subtopics of "Music"
  Bands and Artists  
  Benin  
  Cameroon  
  Cape Verde  
  Clubs and Venues  
  Comoros  
  Composers  
  Congo, Democratic Republic of the  
  Egypt  
  Ethiopia  
  Ghana  
  Guinea  
  Instruments  
  Jazz  
  Kenya  
  Madagascar  
  Mali  
  Nigeria  
  Opera Houses and Companies  
  Senegal  
  Shopping  
  South Africa  
  Tanzania  
  Zimbabwe  

Related topics:
  Music (Arts)      Africa (Guides)      African (Regional and Ethnic)      African (Folk Dancing)      African (Regional and Ethnic)      Ethnic and Regional (Instruments)   

Web pages on "Music":

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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