{"id":63765,"date":"2023-12-14T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/12\/14\/conversations-with-every-best-african-music-performance-nominee-on-making-history-together\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:04:53","slug":"conversations-with-every-best-african-music-performance-nominee-on-making-history-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/12\/14\/conversations-with-every-best-african-music-performance-nominee-on-making-history-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations With Every Best African Music Performance Nominee on Making History\u00a0Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tAfter Harvey Mason\u00a0Jr. embarked on a series of trips to Africa in 2022 that were \u201cguided by curiosity,\u201d the Recording Academy CEO and the organization at large were determined to become an \u201ceffective collaborator\u201d for the creative communities across the continent. The first step arrived this year, when the category of best African music performance was unveiled. \u201cArtists throughout the U.S., Africa and worldwide see this as a pivotal acknowledgment by the academy that African music has achieved extraordinary impact [and] influence throughout the globe,\u201d chief awards and industry officer Ruby Marchand says. The academy\u2019s African music genre manager, Shawn Thwaites, agrees, noting that the addition not only reflects the current music landscape but also \u201cAfrica\u2019s profound influence on music history.\u201d As Mason says, it is \u201cthe beginning of our journey to serve global music creators even more ambitiously.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHere, each of the nominees discuss the historic new category \u2014 and what it means for African music\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

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