Valérie Fayolle meets with a major figure in African reggae – none other than Alpha Blondy. For over 40 years, he's been ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN)-- Reggae legend Lucky Dube was remembered Wednesday as a music icon whose death last week in a carjacking robbed South Africa of one of its brightest stars.

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With her mad diva voice and shrill outbursts, she earned unexpected fame among fans of Klaus Nomi and even had an improbable hit with " African Reggae" (1979).

It was a spectacular night for Ghanaian reggae/dancehall artiste Shatta Wale, who won three awards at the recently held ...

The 1990s was a transformative era for Jamaican music. Not since Bob Marley and the Wailers in the 1970s had the island’s music spread its tentacles around the world with such ferocity.

British reggae group Aswad perform ‘African Children’ live on the BBC television show ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ in 1982. Rhythmic, instrumental and performance features of reggae can ...