Gambia: Beauty Pageants Contribute to National Development – Says CEO Ks Entertainment
[The Point] The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KS Entertainment and winner of various national and international beauty pageant awards has underscored the significant contribution of beauty pageantry in national development, saying the industry has a…
Tanzania: Afropop in Tanzania Blog – Third Dispatch: 2/15/2023
[Afropop] We arrived in Stone Town, Zanzibar the night before the opening on our tour focus, the 20th edition of the Sauti za Busara Swahili Sounds of Wisdom Festival. We covered the first edition in 2004 and we’re very excited to return. We had a prev…
Nigeria: Burna Boy, Tems, Rema to Perform At NBA All-Star Game 2023
[This Day] The National Basketball Association (NBA) yesterday announced that three Nigerian superstars, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer Burna Boy, 2023 Grammy Award-winning singer and Oscar-nominated singer and producer Tem…
Zimbabwe: ‘Soul Jah Love Lived a Complicated Life’
[The Herald] Soul Musaka was just a troubled “Soul Jah Loved.”
Nigeria: Tiwa Savage Turns Actress, Directs New Movie ‘Water and Garri’
[Premium Times] The movie Water and Garri stems from Tiwa’s 2021 EP of the same title.
Africa: Invisible Trillions Book Review – Global Capitalism Operates Beyond Rule of Law, Threatens Democracy
[The Conversation Africa] Secrecy has become as important for corporations as transparent and taxable profits used to be, according to Raymond W. Baker in his new book Invisible Trillions. Global capitalism, he argues, operates beyond the rule of law. …
Cameroon: Jean-Paul Zé Bella – the Cunning Cameroonian Soldier Who Became a Global Music Legend
[The Conversation Africa] One of Cameroon’s most influential music stars – Jean-Paul Zé Bella – passed away on 15 January at the age of 71 after a battle against cancer. The singer and drummer was a founding member of the band Zangalewa and performed w…
Nigeria: Meet Nigeria’s Most Influential Photographer, Amazing Klef
[Vanguard] “From capturing in vivid colors to collaborating with some of the biggest names in the industry, Okwuchukwu Martins Dominic, otherwise called Amazing Klef is the photographer of the decade. Known for creating visually stunning and impactful …
Africa: What Is Mondiacult? 6 Take-Aways From the World’s Biggest Cultural Policy Gathering
[The Conversation Africa] Culture’s status in global society got a major boost in 2022 when it was recommended to become its own sustainable development goal. This happened at the Unesco World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development…
South Africa: Police Tight-Lipped On Rapper AKA Murder Probe As Father Reveals Plans for ‘Dignified Send-Off’
[Daily Maverick] A memorial service for slain rapper AKA — Kiernan Forbes — will be held this Friday at the Sandton Convention Centre, and he will be buried on Saturday. Police are tight-lipped about the investigation into his murder.