Arts + Culture
Chris Ofili: the British-Nigerian painter who won the Turner Prize with elephant dung
Chris Ofili, born in Manchester to Nigerian parents, won the Turner Prize in 1998, the first Black artist…
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Arts + Culture
Tingatinga: the bright animal paintings that began on a Dar es Salaam roadside
Tingatinga painting, known for bright enamel colours and stylised animals, was created by Edward Saidi Tingatinga in Dar…
Arts + Culture
Makonde carving: the ebony sculptures of Tanzania and Mozambique
The Makonde people of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique are famous for sculptures carved from African blackwood. Styles…
Arts + Culture
The Golden Stool: the sacred throne that holds the soul of the Asante nation
The Golden Stool, Sika Dwa Kofi, is the sacred symbol of the Asante nation. According to tradition, it…
Music
Waldemar Bastos: the Angolan singer of exile and longing
Waldemar Bastos, born in Angola in 1954, left his homeland in 1982 during the civil war. His 1998…
Music
Freshlyground and “Waka Waka”: the South African band on the 2010 World Cup anthem
Freshlyground, a multiracial band from Cape Town, performed with Shakira on "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", the…
Music
Them Mushrooms and “Jambo Bwana”: the Kenyan hotel-band song every tourist knows
Them Mushrooms, a Kenyan band from the Mombasa coast, recorded "Jambo Bwana" in 1982. The Swahili song, with…
Music
Boubacar Traoré: the Malian guitarist who disappeared for twenty years and came back
Boubacar Traoré, known as Kar Kar, was a star in Mali in the early 1960s, when his songs…
Music
Ayọ: the German-Nigerian singer whose “Down on My Knees” became a European hit
Ayọ, born Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin in Germany to a Nigerian father and a Romani mother, released her debut…
Music
Jose Chameleone: the Ugandan star who ruled East African music for two decades
Jose Chameleone, born Joseph Mayanja in Kampala in 1979, became one of East Africa's biggest music stars after…