The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." They're all based in cities and hail from either Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy, or South Africa, the continent's third largest economy. "The award is just the West's vision of what world music or global music should be," says Mathlouthi. Music from northern Africa, where Mathlouthi is from, has historically been shut out of past Grammy global categories. "African music is not one style.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2024 15:17 UTC