Culture : African music will have its own category at the next Grammy Awards

The US music industry’s Grammy Awards have announced that they will be awarding a Gramophone to the best performance of African music at their next edition, in a further sign of their quest for diversity. This new category will reward « recordings that use the unique local expressions of the African continent », according to the Grammys organisers.

The new award covers a wide range of styles, from Afrobeat and Afro-fusion to Kwassa Kwassa and Ndombolo from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana Drill, Afro-House and South African hip-hop, said the Recording Academy, which brings together music industry professionals, in a statement.