Angolan police arrested over a dozen young opposition activists, including rapper Luaty Beirao, who have campaigned against President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the interior ministry said Sunday. ...

Senegalese fans of praise singer Thione Ballago Seck were stunned and confounded over the recent arrest of their musical icon associated with Senegal’s religious heroes. Police who raided Seck’s luxury home said he was hiding 50 million ...

The event, featuring hip-hop activist Talib Kweli, will be held at the Duplin County Events Center on April 25. The project – aptly called the Orlando Jones’ Foolish Desperado Fund – aims to galvanize the public into action. ...

By Ann Seymour, Events Coordinator, UNCW Department of Music   WILMINGTON, N.C. (March 16, 2015) -- Spring is on the way and so is UNCW’s annual festival celebrating the rich tradition of jazz and its future. The festival features two evenings of guest concerts and a closing concert by high school students.   Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, an alumnus of the Wynton Marsalis Septet and charter member ...

From the pages of private notebooks or the dog-eared copies of rare published editions, the works of modern African poets are emerging with great fanfare thanks to a dedicated handful of writers and teachers building a network ...

Angélique Kidjo[/caption]African singer, showstopper and activist Angélique Kidjo, won her second Grammy Award for the Best World Music Album ...

“There’s been no indication that he’s facing charging,” Holloway says. “He was just a guy doing the best he could to get help for his friend.” ...

Suge Knight could be facing a very long time in prison after a hit and run accident left one man dead on Thursday, January 29, in Compton, California. TMZ reports that Knight showed up on the set of a movie where Ice Cube and Dr. Dre were with a man named Terry Carter. Security asked Suge to leave and a fight broke out between Knight and two other men. Knight hopped back in his car, gunned it in reverse and ...

Birdman can easily end his legal battle with Lil Wayne. All he has to do is pay Weezy the money he's owed and the rapper's argument that his contract has been breached ...

Benzino spent time in a Georgia jail Tuesday, January 27, after being nabbed at an airport with a loaded 9 millimeter firearm with 7 rounds in the magazine. ...