- African Music Encyclopedia - http://www.africanmusic.org/
African music styles and musicians worldwide, listing of music stores, bookstore, and links.
- Afropop Worldwide - http://www.afropop.org/
Database of articles on African music and musicians searchable by artist, style, and country. Includes radio shows, reviews and interviews, and a glossary.
- Africa Sounds - http://www.africasounds.com/
Focuses on music from Central and West Africa. Includes articles on styles, top performers, new music albums, and United States concert listings.
- Highlife Piccadilly - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/african.htm
African music released on 45 rpm records in the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1981.
- Afribeat - http://www.afribeat.com/
South African based music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, and film and music festivals.
- African Hip Hop - http://www.africanhiphop.com/
Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads amd music store.
- Roots World: African Music - http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/africa.html
Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.
- Afro-Caribbean Music Guide - http://www.afromix.org/
African musicians by style, label, country, instrument, and year. Biographies, audio samples, lyrics, articles, and links.
- East African Music - http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/eamusic.htm
Descriptions of Kenyan and Tanzanian popular music, discographies, audio files, and a profile of Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga with audio samples.
- Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique - http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/4939/frames/framemus.html
Popular urban music of Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Congo. Includes artist profiles, reviews, and a schedule of festivals in Europe.
- Gateway of Africa - http://www.gatewayofafrica.com/
Musicians listed by country and style. Includes biographies, discographies, worldwide concert listings, and links.
- Music in Eastern and Central Africa - http://epunix.biols.susx.ac.uk/Home/Julian_Thorpe/sax15.htm
Article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.
- Musique d'Afrique. - http://people.zeelandnet.nl/rufus/
African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.
- Recordiversity - http://members.lycos.co.uk/dubcitizen/
Information and images about collectable records, with the emphasis on seven-inch singles from Africa.
- Swahili Music Portal - http://wenyewe.com/
MP3s of historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.
- Zimbabwe Music Guide - http://www.embargo.ca/zim/
Chimurenga, jit, rhumba, sungura, soukous music and musicians. Includes profiles, discographies, audio samples, guitar tablature, listing of record labels and music stores, and links.
- Dandemutande - http://www.dandemutande.com/
Worldwide resource for Zimbabwean music includes e-zine, calendar of concerts and festivals, and database of performers, teachers, instrument makers, vendors, and websites.
- Yahoo Groups: African Music - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/african_music/
Mailing list established in 1995, open to all. [Requires free membership]
- CAMA: Explore African Music - http://www.cama.org.za/CAMA/webcomponents/php/maker_list.php?choice=2&area=7
Jukeboxes playing African styles and samples of traditional instruments.
- African Music Hub - http://www.africanmusichub.com/
The hub of the African Music Discussion Group and the African Music Webring with information on how to join the group.
- African Music WebRing - http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=africanmusic
Ring of sites featuring information about the music of the African Diaspora.
- African Music Archive - http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/ama/
Focuses primarily on contemporary music. Includes projects and a directory of links. [English/German]
- The African Tradition - http://aaas.myztek.com/
Covering the roots of African-American music and influences, including audio samples of early African music.
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