FROM the streets of Roodepan in Kimberley to some of the world's most prestigious concert halls and academic institutions, Professor Theo van Wyk has built a career that has placed South African ...

The “Black Church in Detroit” explores the history and influence of Black religious music. For Black Music Month, host Stephen Henderson talks with Rev. Larry Simmons of Baber Memorial AME Church and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The first time I went to a mostly African American church service, I was blown away by the music. One word came to mind – Motown. I felt the same beat, the same spirit of listening ...

Christianity in Africa entered a new phase last week: for the first time in the two centuries that missionaries have been sowing the Gospel seed among the continent’s jungles, veldts and hills, the ...

In a poor neighbourhood of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, the bell tower of a neat whitewashed church rises high above grey walls and tin roofs. Just after dawn on a Sunday morning, the sound of tom-tom ...