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Womex 2025 - Field Report

It's October, which means while many people around the globe are trying to decide what costume to wear for Halloween, we were busy trying to decide which showcases to see at the 31st edition of the ...
The Jam Jar Get ready for an exhilarating night with the UK’s standout ambassadors of Congolese soukous and rumba, Kasai Masai. Expect high-energy guitar grooves, vibrant rhythms and a joyous, ...
Supporters of a deceased Zambian president have appropriated “Three Lions” in their campaign to bring his body home.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of the story mentioned an Oct. 17 performance by Ailey II at the Warner Theatre in Torrington. That performance has been canceled. Ailey II is a national treasure, ...
The northern lion dance is more acrobatic and realistic, with the performers balancing on balls and seesaws, while the southern style is more stylized, marked by powerful movements and lion behavior ...
A military coup has unfolded in Madagascar, according to an Associated Press report that also indicates the country's parliament voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, who recently fled the ...
The upset came against a patchwork South Africa side, with most of the first-choice T20I players currently in Pakistan, where they will play a Test starting tomorrow. But Namibia won't care what kind ...
India vs South Africa Highlights, Women's World Cup 2025: A heroic 77-ball 94 from Richa Ghosh went in vain as Nadine de Klerk’s unbeaten 84 guided South Africa Women to a thrilling three-wicket ...
A bus veered off a road and plunged down an embankment on a steep mountain pass in northern South Africa, killing at least 42 people and leaving another 49 passengers injured, authorities said Monday.
The bus was carrying passengers from Zimbabwe and Malawi who were traveling back to their home countries. By Zimasa Matiwane Reporting from Johannesburg At least 42 people, including seven children, ...
South Africa secured their qualification for next year’s World Cup with a 3-0 win over Rwanda in Mbombela. The Bafana Bafana needed a win and for Nigeria to beat Benin to ensure that they would top a ...
Kasai Masai brought their blend of soukous and rumba with a blend of congolese sounds into our studio. The band members which included lead singer and percussionist Nickens Nkosi, drummer Jean Claude ...