Music-World
Asnaketch Worku (1935-2011)
Actress, composer, vocalist, dancer, and harpist Asnaketch Worku is also known as Asnaqètch Wèrqu. She was born in 1935 in...
Nestor Alexander Haddaway (1965- )
Nestor Alexander Haddaway is a Eurodance artist, best known for his 1993 smash hit “What Is Love?” Haddaway was born...
María Teresa Vera (1895-1965)
María Teresa Vera was an Afro-Cuban guitarist, singer, and composer, who is held up as an example of the Cuban...
Emmanuel “Manu” N’Djoké Dibango (1933-2020)
Manu Dibango was a saxophonist from Cameroon whose 60 years of experience in the music industry inspired some of the...
Baaba Maal (1953- )
Professional singer and guitarist Baaba Maal was born in 1953 in Podor, Northern Senegal, in a fishermen’s family belonging to the Toucouleur people. Nevertheless, his...
Youssou N’Dour (1959- )
Youssou N’Dour, West African humanitarian, activist, and musician, often cited as father of modern Afro-pop, was born in 1959 in...
Fela Kuti (1938-1997)
Fela Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in the year 1938 as Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-KutFela Anikuplap Kuti. He later...
John Blanke (16th Century)
Historians have documented the arrival of black people in Britain as members of the Roman Army. The first reference to...
