Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Forbes contributor covering beauty, fashion, lifestyle and travel. AfroFuture accomplished that and then some. The festival ...

A DMV native turned a college party promotion hustle into the world’s largest Afro-Caribbean hip hop festival, and Labor Day ...

Black. It is the color that absorbs all colors, the shade that holds the sun's warmth as it moves east to west. It is the color of a people, not just African but Caribbean, Middle Eastern, American, ...

You can hear it there. African culture is embedded in the beats and rhythms of Latin America. And this is Black History Month. Our Felix Contreras of Alt.Latino is going to dig into some Afro-Latino ...

For DJ and producer Afro B, the pandemic was a time to capitalize on the momentum. Heading into the worldwide shutdown, the forefather of Afrobeats and Afrowave genres has one of the biggest singles ...

T he explosion of Afrobeats has been one of the biggest stories in the music industry over the past five years, with acts like Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, and Tems becoming global superstars. As ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...

As a folk musician, Mon Rovîa has never been much of a planner. He didn’t plan on pursuing music as a career; he never imagined going on tour, nor does he map out the lyrics in his music that’s going ...

African music, with its distinctive emphasis on polyrhythm and beats flowing from percussive instruments, was long treated as subordinate in the international music arena. Music from the continent ...

Afro Music Festival presented by Amplify Africa served as the unofficial kick off to Summer fun with food, music, live entertainment, vendors and much more. The diverse crowd represented various ...