Another artist influenced by African art is Wifred Lam (1902-1982), a well-known painter of Chinese and Afro-Cuban heritage. (Wein said he stretched the exhibition's category to include the Cuban Lam.

Kwame Brathwaite, "Sikolo Brathwaite," African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS), Harlem, ca. 1968; ... More from Kwame Brathwaite:Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019) . “The phrase ‘black is ...

South African jazz artists tend to immerse themselves in art spaces other than music. It is a visual and musical communing across forms that meet not only in artistry, but also in politics. Their ...

Zethembiso ‘Zethe’ Zimela hails from Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal. Zethe is an emerging Afro-jazz artist blending jazz, soul and urban traditional African sounds. Her music is rooted in advocating for ...

South African pianist and singer Nduduzo Makhathini is headed to the Bay Area for shows in Berkeley, ... He’s clearly thought deeply about what it means to be an African jazz artist, ...

In honor of Billboard Africa launching, we’re celebrating 11 African artists’ trailblazing efforts in the global music scene.. While Rema‘s “Calm Down,” featuring Selena Gomez on the ...

And while Wiz is also the first Nigerian artist to have a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the same song in 2016, South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela became the first African artist to ...