African Music Had Minimal Highlights at the 2025 Grammys But the Vibes Were Mainly Positive – OkayAfrica

A woman in a gold dress stands on stage at the 2025 Grammys, holding a Grammy award and speaking into a microphone, celebrating the impact of African Music.

Tems and Wouter Kellerman added to their Grammys, while Trevor Noah kept the main ceremony breezy.

Tems accepts the Best African Music Performance award for “Love Me JeJe” onstage during the 67th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Peacock Theater on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

For the most part, conventionality was perhaps the general theme of this year’s Grammy Awards – and I mean that in the best…