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…
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Kuba cloth: the raffia textiles of the Kuba Kingdom in Congo
Kuba cloth, made from raffia palm fibre in the Kuba Kingdom of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is…
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Esther Mahlangu: the Ndebele painter who covered a BMW in her patterns
Esther Mahlangu, born in 1935 in Mpumalanga, South Africa, carried the Ndebele tradition of geometric house painting onto…
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Bogolanfini: the Malian mud cloth painted with fermented earth
Bogolanfini, or mud cloth, is a Malian textile made by the Bamana people. Cotton is dyed with leaves…
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Adire: the indigo resist-dyed cloth of Abeokuta and the women who made it
Adire is a Yoruba resist-dyed cloth, traditionally dyed with indigo by women in Abeokuta and other towns. Patterns…
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Shaku shaku: the Lagos street dance that shaped Nigerian pop in 2017 and 2018
Shaku shaku, a dance from the streets of Lagos, took over Nigerian music in 2017 and 2018. Its…
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Azonto: the Accra dance craze that spread across the world in 2011 and 2012
Azonto, a dance from Accra built on mimed everyday actions, became an international craze in 2011 and 2012.…
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Sarafina!: the Soweto uprising musical that took South African township theatre to Broadway
Sarafina!, created by Mbongeni Ngema, tells the story of students in the 1976 Soweto uprising through mbaqanga music…
Music
Kiki Gyan: Osibisa’s teenage keyboard prodigy and “24 Hours in a Disco”
Kiki Gyan joined the Afro-rock band Osibisa as a teenager in the 1970s and became one of Africa's…
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Rachid Taha: the Algerian rocker behind “Ya Rayah” and the Clash cover “Rock el Casbah”
Rachid Taha, born in Algeria in 1958 and raised in France, mixed North African music with punk and…