Urban African Music

An overview of a French exhibition charting the growth of popular music in Africa during the 20th century.
http://www.mediaport.net/AfricArt/GFMA/GFMA_francais/GFMA_home_FR.html

African Music Encyclopedia

An overview of music from Africa and the African Diaspora by country and artist.
http://africanmusic.org/

Afribeat

South African based African music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, African film and music festivals.
http://www.afribeat.com/

East African Music

A site devoted to Kenyan and Tanzanian popular music: Descriptions of the music, discographies, audio files, and the Samba Mapangala Home Page.
http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/eamusic.htm

Gateway of Africa

Portal for African music. Indexed by artist, country, style.
http://www.gatewayofafrica.com/

Musique d'Afrique.

African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/rufus/

Afropop Worldwide

Includes information about the radio series, biographies of leading African musicians, discographies, profiles of the music in each African country and region, and African recipes.
http://www.afropop.org/

The Leopard Man's Guide to African Music

Biographies, discographies and reviews of African artists and bands. Updated monthly. In English and Norwegian.
http://www.leopardmannen.no

Recordiversity

Information and images about collectable records, with the emphasis on seven-inch singles from Africa. There are galleries showcasing records from different African countries, as well as links to related sites.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/dubcitizen/

Library African Music

International Library of African Music contains over 40,000 recordings. The site includes a searchable index and sound samples of African instruments.
http://ilam.ru.ac.za/

Columbia University: Music of Africa

Annotated listing of links.
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/music.html

Madunia

Non-profit NGO promoting Africa music. Includes artists profiles, a monthly real audio/video show, and artist features.
http://www.madunia.nl/

Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique

Popular urban music of Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Congo. Includes artist profiles, reviews, and a schedule of festivals in Europe.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/4939/frames/framemus.html

Music in Eastern and Central Africa

An article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.
http://epunix.biols.susx.ac.uk/Home/Julian_Thorpe/sax15.htm

African Music Pages

Featuring West African Highlife, Palm Wine and Central and East African Soukous. Transcriptions, recommendations, art, books CDs and lots of information. (notz.com).
http://www.notz.com/african_pages.htm

Roots World: African Music

Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/africa.html

African Hip Hop

Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads amd music store.
http://www.africanhiphop.com/

NTAMA - Journal for African Music and Popular Culture

Articles on music and musicians in Africa.
http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/

Swahili Music Portal

Free MP3 Downloads with historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.
http://wenyewe.com/

Attaya

Music from a number of African countries available in Real Audio and MP3 formats.
http://www.erslah.com/attaya/music.asp

Music of the African Diaspora

Australian based African music site, that includes sections on history, traditional instruments and live concerts.
http://www.acslink.aone.net.au/christo/f_afridi.htm

allAfrica.com: Music Top News

Principal newsfeed source for news and reports on music in Africa. Bilingual English and French.
http://allafrica.com/music/

BBC Four - Music: Africa Live

News, photos and full line-up from the 12-13 March 2005 concert in Dakar for Roll Back Malaria.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/africa-live.shtml

Radio Africa

Includes reviews of rare recordings, discographies, archived playlists, and links.
http://www.radioafrica.com.au/