African Music Encyclopedia
An overview of music from Africa and the African Diaspora by country and artist.

Afribeat
South African based African music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, African film and music festivals.

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.

Gateway of Africa
Portal for African music. Indexed by artist, country, style.

The African Tradition
A study in African-American musical roots. Listen to early recordings of African and African-American music, and learn about their history.

Musique d'Afrique.
African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.

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.

The Leopard Man's Guide to African Music
Biographies, discographies and reviews of African artists and bands. Updated monthly. In English and Norwegian.

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.

Radio Africa
Includes reviews of rare recordings, discographies, archived playlists, and links.

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.

Columbia University: Music of Africa
Annotated listing of links.

Madunia
Non-profit NGO promoting Africa music. Includes artists profiles, a monthly real audio/video show, and artist features.

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.

Music in Eastern and Central Africa
An article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.

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).

allAfrica.com: Music Top News
Principal newsfeed source for news and reports on music in Africa. Bilingual English and French.

Roots World: African Music
Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.

African Hip Hop
Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads amd music store.

NTAMA - Journal for African Music and Popular Culture
Articles on music and musicians in Africa.

Swahili Music Portal
Free MP3 Downloads with historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.

Attaya
Music from a number of African countries available in Real Audio and MP3 formats.

Music of the African Diaspora
Australian based African music site, that includes sections on history, traditional instruments and live concerts.

Urban African Music
An overview of a French exhibition charting the growth of popular music in Africa during the 20th century.