BLACK MUSIC HERSTORY
The premier global multimedia initiative preserving, curating, and celebrating the legacy of professional Black women across the music industry — past and present, across the African Diaspora.
ABOUT
Black Music Herstory
Black Music Herstory® (BMH) is the premier global multimedia initiative of Black Women in Music Global. Established to preserve, curate, and celebrate the legacy of professional Black women in the music industry, BMH centers Black women across the African Diaspora as architects of global culture, creative enterprise, and industry innovation.
Through BMH, the institute delivers research-informed projects and archival content across an interconnected cultural ecosystem, including:
EDUCATION | Workshops, panels, public programs, and partnerships with universities, cultural institutions, and music industry bodies. |
LIVE EXPERIENCES | Branded events, exhibitions, cultural convenings, and industry gatherings. |
MEDIA | Editorial features, podcasts, and video programming. |
Every BMH initiative is grounded in BWMG's cross-cultural research, offering partners a credible platform for cultural preservation, public education, industry engagement, and the responsible amplification of Black women's contributions to music, business, and global culture.
ENGAGE WITH BMH
Ways to Work with Us
BMH partners with institutions, organizations, and individuals across the cultural and music industries. Explore programming, the ambassadorship network, and licensing and editorial use below.
PROGRAMMING
Programming Across the Ecosystem
BMH delivers public-facing and invitation-based programming across cultural institutions, festivals, universities, and music industry spaces. Each program is curated under the institute's editorial direction and developed in partnership with hosts, contributors, and organizations whose work aligns with BMH's research priorities.
Public Programming
Curated panels, public conversations, and cultural programming hosted at festivals, museums, universities, and cultural institutions. Designed for general audiences, students, and cultural communities engaging with the legacy and contemporary work of professional Black women in music.
Industry Programming
Workshops, seminars, and professional development sessions delivered for music industry organizations, cultural employers, and trade bodies. Topics include cultural fluency, editorial practice, archival ethics, and the responsible engagement of Black women's contributions to music and culture.
Convenings & Gatherings
Invitation-based cultural convenings and industry gatherings that bring scholars, executives, artists, archivists, and cultural leaders into shared conversation on music, culture, power, legacy, and the future of the industry. Held in partnership with universities, foundations, cultural institutions, and industry bodies.
AMBASSADORSHIP
The BMH Ambassadorship Program
The BMH Ambassadorship Program convenes a curated network of cultural leaders, scholars, executives, artists, and practitioners whose work advances the cultural, professional, and intellectual contributions of Black women across the global music industry. Ambassadors represent BMH within their professional spheres, contribute to selected editorial and programming initiatives, and help extend the reach of the institute's research-informed cultural work across regions, sectors, and generations.
Who Ambassadors Are
Ambassadors are appointed from across the cultural and creative industries, including academia, music industry leadership, cultural and arts institutions, archival and editorial practice, and artist communities. Each is invited based on demonstrated contribution to the field and alignment with BMH's editorial and research priorities.
What Ambassadors Do
Ambassadors contribute to BMH in ways suited to their expertise — featured editorial conversations, advisory input on programming, contributions to the Genre Archive, representation at convenings and partner events, and support of the institute's wider cultural and research initiatives.
How Ambassadors Are Selected
The Ambassadorship Program operates by curated invitation. Recommendations may be submitted through BMH's institutional channels and are reviewed against the program's editorial standards and the institute's research priorities.
LICENSING & PARTNERSHIPS
Licensing & Editorial Use
Black Music Herstory® is a registered trademark of Black Women in Music Global. The mark, the BMH archive, and BMH editorial properties are protected institutional assets. Licensing inquiries, editorial reuse requests, and partnership pathways are reviewed and managed by the institute.
Commercial Licensing
Use of the Black Music Herstory® mark, archive, or editorial content in commercial contexts — including media production, branded content, exhibitions, conferences, publishing, and merchandise — requires a licensing agreement with the institute.
Editorial & Academic Use
Citation, quotation, and academic reference of BMH archive entries, editorial features, and publications are welcomed under standard scholarly conventions. Reuse of substantial editorial material requires institutional permission.
Partnerships & Co-Development
Co-developed cultural projects, commissioned editorial work, and institutional partnerships are scoped through direct conversation with the institute and structured under formal agreement.