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AfroFuture: the Accra December festival formerly known as Afrochella
Afrochella, launched in Accra in 2017, became one of the biggest events of Ghana's December season, drawing diaspora…
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The Timbuktu manuscripts: how librarians smuggled a city’s books away from jihadists
Timbuktu holds hundreds of thousands of manuscripts, some centuries old, on subjects from law and astronomy to medicine.…
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The Grammy for Best African Music Performance: how African pop got its own category
In 2023, the Recording Academy announced a new Grammy category, Best African Music Performance. At the first presentation…
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Ben Enwonwu’s “Tutu”: the lost portrait of a Yoruba princess that sold for £1.2 million
Ben Enwonwu painted Tutu, a portrait of Ile-Ife princess Adetutu Ademiluyi, in 1974. The painting disappeared for decades…
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The Benin Bronzes: looted in 1897, scattered worldwide, slowly coming home
In February 1897, British forces attacked Benin City and looted thousands of brass, ivory and wood artworks from…
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PANAFEST: the Cape Coast festival Efua Sutherland imagined for Africa and its diaspora
PANAFEST, the Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival, was first held in 1992 in Cape Coast. Proposed by the playwright…
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Loliwe and a guitar: remembering Zahara, 1987 to 2023
Zahara, born Bulelwa Mkutukana in 1987, was a South African singer, songwriter and guitarist whose debut album Loliwe…
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Daddy Lumba, 1964 to 2025: from the Lumba Brothers in Germany to highlife royalty
Daddy Lumba, born Charles Kwadwo Fosu in Nsuta, Ashanti, in 1964, began his career in Germany with Nana…
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The king of coupé-décalé died at 33: DJ Arafat and the stadium that sang for him all night
Ivorian star DJ Arafat, born Ange Didier Houon and known as the king of coupé-décalé, crashed his motorbike…
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The first Ghanaian to win a MOBO: how Samini took Ghanaian dancehall to London in 2006
In September 2006, Ghanaian dancehall and reggae artist Samini won Best African Act at the MOBO Awards in…