South Africa: Pretty Yende to Sing At King Charles’s Coronation
[Scrolla] South African opera singer Pretty Yende has been personally selected by King Charles III to perform at his coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in May this year.
South Africa: CCTV Footage of AKA’s Shooting Sparks Online Investigations
[Scrolla] CCTV footage of what is believed to be the moments when popular rapper AKA was gunned down has spiked unofficial investigations across social media platforms.
Africa: The Diva Who Brought African Pop to the World Stage
[Scrolla] Revered as “Africa’s premier diva” by Time magazine, Angelique Kidjo has been instrumental in putting African music on the global stage.
Africa: What Visa Denials Could Mean for African Artists
[Scrolla] African artists are increasingly facing visa rejections in various parts of the world – and it is because immigration officials don’t think they will want to return home.
Africa: The Greatest Public Library in Africa Has No Books By African Fiction Writers
[Scrolla] Elephant Eye: Sousa Jamba visits the magnificent Abrehot Library in Addis Ababa
Nigeria: Burna Boy Among African Stars in Rolling Stone’s Greatest Singers
[Scrolla] Nigerian music star Burna Boy and South Africa’s Mariam Makeba made Rolling Stone’s ‘Greatest Singers List’.
South Africa: Traditional Healers Gather to Clean Mpumalanga’s Polluted Rivers
[Scrolla] Traditional healer Fannie Mashaba is pleading with communities to take care of their waste and stop polluting rivers and streams.
South Africa: I Don’t Want to Miss Out’ – Trans Teen to Be the First to Attend Initiation School
[Scrolla] Cwenga Titi, who was born male but has lived as a girl since the age of four, hopes to go down in history as the first transgender woman to undertake a traditional rite of passage into manhood (ulwaluko in IsiXhosa).
Malawi: Statue of Malawian Revolutionary Unveiled in London
[Scrolla] A statue of John Chilembwe, a leading figure in Malawi’s liberation from Britain’s colonial rule, has been erected in London.
South Africa: Trevor Noah Is Coming Home
[Scrolla] Comedian and late night show extraordinaire Trevor Noah is returning to SA for his first Mzansi comedy tour in five years.