On her new album, “The BPM,” the songwriter, fiddler and rapper pumps up the beat and crafts a timely narrative about humans and machines. As its title hints, Sudan Archives’ “The BPM” leans into ...

Some of Sudan's biggest protests in decades are demanding that President Omar al-Bashir step down. A song written for an earlier time of discord has emerged as the protesters' anthem. For more than ...

Sudan Archives is gearing up for the release of The BPM next month. So far she’s released an enthralling batch of singles including “ DEAD,” “ MY TYPE,” “ YEA YEA YEA,” and “ MS. PAC-MAN.” Now, she’s ...

Ahmed Gallab’s father was politically exiled from Sudan in 1999. Gallab was 5 years old, and his family applied for asylum in the United States. His future was shaped by music as he followed his ...

DENVER — Tanya Zanib Salih put a lot of thought into her outfit of the day. “This is a tobe which is actually a traditional garment Sudanese women wear,” said Salih. “These colors represent the old ...

Edited film: a Daza musician in Chad plays the fiddle finini while he sings a song in praise of the Sultan of Mao. The fiddler holds the instrument between his right knee and his left foot. He moves ...

"I'm not gonna be that artist that's gonna put out the same body of work until I die, because that's probably gonna be the reason I die — 'cause that sounds boring." Brittney Parks, the 25-year-old ...

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Like thousands of others fleeing to Sudan from the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, 20-year-old Girum left his ...

For more than two months now, protests have raged in Sudan. People are calling for an end to the three-decade rule of President Omar al-Bashir. The anthem of their moment is a song written for an ...