Biography

Biography

Rashid Vally: South African visionary whose indie record labels shaped the jazz scene

By Gwen Ansell Some record labels create huge market and financial clout. Some stay much smaller, but punch way above their weight in terms of...

An astute story teller about a life of triumphs, tragedies and cautionary tales of musicians like Fela Kuti  

By Alaba Ilesanmi Rikki Stein, born into a regular, middle-class home in the UK, has had what must have seemed an unlikely career. As a...

Jomo Kenyatta, father of the nation? Kenya’s first president built up a myth which masked his faults

By Stephen Mutie The 22th of August is Kenyatta day in Kenya. The former president strategically used myth. That he is still remembered as the...

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