The Kenyan British artist Michael Armitage, who is showing his paintings and studies in Venice, reflects on his Kenyan roots ...

The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), with the backing of the African Union, has grown to become arguably the biggest award show on the continent. It was incepted in 2014 and, over the years, has ...

Music was an essential part of my family’s household when I was growing up. Our day-to-day lives always had a soundtrack. Sometimes, we washed dishes to American greats like The Supremes, Aretha ...

African contemporary art is commanding higher prices than ever—but local art professionals say there isn't an equivalent investment in programs to support or promote it. Pavilion of Kenya "Exercises ...

I’ll say it; I’m tired of hearing the phrase “Support Local Music”. And it’s because what all these beloved Kenyan artists of ours can’t seem to understand is that some of us don’t exactly give too ...

As young protesters in Kenya took to the streets in June to demand the government account for its spending of taxpayers’ money, the Wajukuu Art Project was opening a new exhibition in Nairobi.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As political tensions threatened to erupt into more violence in Kenya, following the country's disputed elections, a fresh spate of graffiti urging peace cropped up in Nairobi's ...

African Painters writes about Tobias Butama, “His work as an artist has been clearly documented in the Library of the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. and extensively at home in ...

Wisetwo is a Kenyan artist whose works - graffiti, invites us into a world where traditional African cultures blend with the modernity of urban artists. Wisetwo, one of the reputable pioneers of ...