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Trace TV is set to elevate African Music with Award Show & Festival

In this Pulse interview, Trace TV CEO for West Africa Sam Onyemelukwe provides insight into the forthcoming award and festival, the motivation behind it, and what's meant to achieve Trace TV is one ...
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Trace to set the African music scene ablaze with first Trace Awards & Festival in Kigali

Global music powerhouse and Afro-music tastemaker Trace is to mark its 20th anniversary with the launch of the Trace Awards & Festival, a stunning new live Awards ceremony and festival celebrating the ...
World Screen

The Africa Channel to Air the Trace Awards in the U.S.

The Africa Channel (TAC) has acquired the exclusive U.S. linear rights to air the 2025 Trace Awards on March 16. The annual award show, helmed by Afro-Urban music and culture platform Trace, showcases ...
Bizcommunity

Trace Africa rebrands to Trace Ngoma

Anchored in the meaning of “Ngoma,” the rebrand focuses on homegrown genres including amapiano, Afro-pop, maskandi, hip-hop, gqom, lemkompo and gospel. MultiChoice CEO Willington Ngwepe notes, viewers ...
KCRW

Cubans Trace Musical Roots Back to Africa…Once Again

Cuban music is a combination of Spanish décima poetry and African music and rhythms, but we know that the driving forces in Cuban music are the African polyrhythms, not the poetry. Some might say that ...