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Toumani Diabaté: the famed musician from Mali who took the kora to the world

By Roderic Knight The world has lost a significant musical ambassador for the Mande people of West Africa – the virtuoso kora player, composer,...

Wole Soyinka at 90: writer and activist for justice

By Abayomi Awelewa Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, the legendary African author and activist, is proof of what words and acts can achieve in the struggle for...

Stevie Wonder is a Ghanian: although the bonds of kinship between Afro Americans and the continent have been bent and broken, there is a...

By Nemata Blyden There’s a long history of African Americans settling in Ghana or keeping in close contact with the first African country to gain...

The mother of African dance at 80. Why Senegal’s Germaine Acogny is so influential

By Lliane Loots Africa’s most celebrated dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, turns 80 on 28 May. I have had the privilege of meeting the Senegalese...

Sudan must dance to camel rhythm

For professors it may take long lectures to explain the history of diversity in Sudan, but just one artist explained it better to me...

Sudanese artists in exile feel the suffering the same as the victims back home

Mohamed Adam, a 32-year-old Sudanese musician, managed to bring a sense of peace to his native town of Nyala in the western Darfur region...

Sudan: Music has the power to unite people and eliminate hostility.

There were tears and feelings of nostalgia of home, but also revolutionairy chants as Mohamed Adam, a 32-year old Sudanese musician, took to the...

Dollar Brand: at 90 and still going strong

Abdullah Ibrahim: South Africa’s master pianist is going on a world tour at 90 By Christine Lucia South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim in 2014. Andy Sheppard/Redferns/Getty Images Abdullah...

Liverpool, the Gate of Hell

Poem by Dr. Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek Liverpool, You were the gate to hell So, I hate you as I hate London, Nantes and New York as well Every piece...
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