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Nigeria: From Fela Kuti to Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead – the Story of Music Manager Rikki Stein

[ad_1] Rikki Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a music manager he has toured the world in the company of music legends - from the late Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti to American rockers The Grateful Dead and Morocco's Master Musicians of Joujouka. The stories of the people working behind the scenes supporting great artists rarely get the spotlight they deserve. But Stein's recently released autobiography […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

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Namibia’s Art Scene Has Been Built By Unsung Heroes – Like Queer Artist Jo Rogge

[ad_1] A week after the opening of their solo exhibition So She Was Turned To a Pillar of Salt at The Project Room in Windhoek, Jo Rogge also facilitated a workshop for aspiring female artists at the gallery. Squeezing in a workshop in the few days they were in Namibia is an affirmation of their commitment to the advancement of art in the country. This is despite having been forced out of Namibia in 2016 when, after 30 years of […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

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Angola: Actress Helena Palma Augusto Dies

[ad_1] Luanda — Angolan actress Helena Palma Augusto passed away, in the early hours of Wednesday, in Luanda, victim of a cardiac arrest. Helena Augusto was director of the theater group Moral Viva, known in cultural circles as the "Mother of Replay",a role she had played. According to Artur Pop, a member of the group, the actress was hypertensive and had a crisis at home that resulted in her death. "I met her in 2006 at the group Moral Viva, […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

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Nigeria: Federal Govt to Support Artists for Value, Market Creation

[ad_1] The National Gallery of Arts has pledged its support to visual artists, with a view to bridging the gaps between talent and end products as well creating value and markets for the products. Director-General of the National Gallery of Arts, Ahmed Sodangi stated this at an Islamic Art Exhibition with the theme: "The Art of Appreciation II," organised by Halal Art Gallery showcasing painting, mixed media and wood routing by Ridwan Adk-Osinowo in Abuja. Sodangi harped on the need […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

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Nigeria: 2024 MUSON Festival to Begin 13 October in Lagos

[ad_1] As is tradition, this year's festival will feature an art exhibition, a musical brunch, drama, a MUSON Day Concert, a Jazz Night, and a Musiquest Children's Competition, among other highlights. All is set for the 2024 edition of the Musical Society of Nigeria's John Lucien EclouFestival, a cultural event with a rich history that will run from October 13th to 27th at the MUSON Center in Onikan, Lagos. At a media briefing on Tuesday, Louis Mbanefo, Chairman of Muson, […]

todayOctober 10, 2024

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Zimbabwe: Daisy Mtukudzi Wrecks Chivayo’s Top-of-the-Range Gift

[ad_1] LATE musician Oliver Mtukudzi's widow, Daisy, has wrecked the 2024 Toyota Fortuner gifted to her by controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo just a week ago. Daisy was given the car as a gift after suffering a week of online attacks following an exposé by Mtukudzi's daughters Selmor and Sandra on how she mistreated them as children. Details surrounding the accident which happened at the WarrenPark roundabout in Harare are yet to be ascertained. Images of the vehicle's damaged left side […]

todayOctober 10, 2024

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Rwanda: Kwita Izina 2024 Postponed

[ad_1] Rwanda Development Board on Tuesday, October 8, announced the postponement of Kwita Izina 2024. A related public notice indicated that a new date would be communicated. Public Notice: Rwanda Development Board announces postponement of Kwita Izina 2024 pic.twitter.com/wbDeujK3iv-- Rwanda Development Board (@RDBrwanda) October 8, 2024 Twenty-two mountain gorillas born in the last 12 months were to be named during the 20th Kwita Izina ceremony, which was earlier scheduled to take place on October 18, marking the 20th anniversary of […]

todayOctober 10, 2024

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Rwanda: From Motorist to Comedian – Up and Close With Mitsutsu

[ad_1] The name 'Mitsutsu' has become familiar in the comedy industry and, in the short spell he has been in the game, he is regarded as one of the most prominent comedians in the country. His fame possibly surprises those who worked with him when he was a taxi moto operator in Ngoma District, Eastern Province. It's a job he did not despise but instead valued as a crucial source of income for many families, including his own. However, it […]

todayOctober 10, 2024

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Nigeria: Goldberg Lager Beer Lights Up 2024 Olojo Festival

[ad_1] This year's Olojo Festival, which was sponsored by Goldberg Lager Beer, at5tracted thousands of attendees to Ile Ife, Osun State, who came to witness the grandeur of this sacred event. The festival, which is one of the most revered cultural events in Nigeria, was a true celebration of Yoruba heritage, pride, and unity. The Olojo Festival, which honors the creation story in Yoruba mythology and celebrates the donning of the sacred 'Aare' crown by the Ooni of Ife, was […]

todayOctober 10, 2024

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