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Rwanda: My Concert Will Be More Than Just Music–Bosco Nshuti

Kenya: Tribunal Finds Ezekiel Mutua’s Sh27.6mn Pay Rise Irregular, Upholds Surcharge On Board Member

Nigeria: 2baba Announces Strategic Career Overhaul, Unveils New Management Team

Nigeria: Legendary Nigerian Music Artists Who Paved the Way for Afrobeats

Eritrea: Asmara Music School Graduates 9 Students

Nigeria: Burna Boy Clinches New Platinum Certification in France

13th March 2025

[Premium Times] With this latest feat, Burna Boy has now achieved six RIAA certifications and four solo plaques, reinforcing his position as one of Africa's leading global music icons

Tunisia: Tunisian Song Festival – Mohamed Chalghmi Wins Golden Microphone, Five Other Winners Crowned

12th March 2025

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, March 12 -- Artist Mohamed Chalghmi won the Golden Microphone at the 23rd edition of the Tunisian Song Festival for a song entitled 'Hobbek Zed,' written by Habib Mahnouch and composed by Zied Gharsa.

Nigeria: ‘I Love Pidgin English,’ King Charles Praises Davido’s Music On Apple Playlist

11th March 2025

[Leadership] British Monarch King Charles III has expressed love for Pidgin English after listening to music by Nigerian five-time Grammy nominee David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, who is on a 17-track playlist recently launched on Apple Music.

Africa: Three Memorable Ways the Covid Pandemic Shaped Black Music – Five Years On

11th March 2025

[The Conversation Africa] Five years ago, at the start of 2020, I was looking forward to the publication of my book, Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City and eagerly anticipating a long-awaited holiday to Jamaica.

Nigeria: Ayra Starr, Mofe Damijo to Join Idris Elbas As Cast of ‘Children of Blood and Bone’

10th March 2025

[Vanguard] The much-anticipated film adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's bestselling novel, Children of Blood and Bone, has revealed new additions to its already stellar cast.

Africa: Rio’s Carnival – Songs About Afro-Brazilian Religions ‘Aren’t a Coincidence but a Movement’

6th March 2025

[People's Dispatch] Paraíso do Tuiuti Samba School told the story of Xica Manicongo, the first non-Indigenous trans person in Brazil.

Nigeria: Don’t Ever Compare Me With Wizkid – May D Warns Critics

5th March 2025

[Premium Times] It is the second time in 2025 that May D would issue a similar warning.

South Africa: The Miriam Makeba Foundation Remembers Dr Miriam Makeba

4th March 2025

[Miriam Makeba Foundation] Johannesburg -- The Miriam Makeba Foundation is proud to announce the 93 rd Birthday of the late Dr. Miriam Makeba on Tuesday 4 th March 2025. Our pride as the Foundation that bears her name, along with the Nation embraces this date to commemorate the birth of a true National Treasure. South Africa views this day through a lens which venerates and celebrates the life of our late Beloved Songstress Zenzile Miriam Makeba.

Zimbabwe: NAMA Awards – Winky D Rules the Roost Again, Clinches People’s Choice Gong

3rd March 2025

[New Zimbabwe] The undisputed king of Zim dancehall, Wallace Chirumiko, popularly known as Winky D, has reaffirmed his position as the doyen after scooping the National Arts Merits Award (NAMA) People's Choice gong.

Africa: Women’s History Month Special Programming