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The Grammy winner who preferred his farm: Ali Farka Touré, Ry Cooder and the desert blues
Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder's Talking Timbuktu won the Grammy for Best World Music Album. Touré then…
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Discrimination is Alive
Guest article by Daniel Bikas, conceptual Persian rug artist. Discrimination is not a relic of the past. Despite…
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Who Is SPACE THE RULER? The Zimbabwean Artist Behind the 26-Track Slut Pink City (Edition)
On 25 September 2026, a Zimbabwean artist most listeners have not heard of yet released a 26-track album.…
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Don Ndikberry and Vuyorido team up again on “Uphi? Ndilapha”
Five weeks after putting out a 28-track debut album, Don Ndikberry is back with another song. “Uphi? Ndilapha”…
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A group of Angolan dancers ate lunch while dancing to a South African song. The world copied them
Master KG released "Jerusalema" featuring Nomcebo Zikode in November 2019. In early 2020, Angola's Fenómenos do Semba posted…
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The Man Who Runs a 3D Printing Farm by Day Built His Own Music Software, and Released a 28-Track Album on It
Most debut albums start in a studio somebody else owns. INKQUBO started on a factory floor in Cape…
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Time magazine called her the Madonna of the Townships. Brenda Fassie and “Weekend Special”
Brenda Fassie was 19 when "Weekend Special" made her a star in 1983. She became South Africa's biggest…
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67 albums, one voice, and a song that made Zimbabwe talk about HIV: Oliver Mtukudzi
Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi recorded 67 albums in a career of four decades. His song "Todii", sung in Shona…
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10 African Artists Who Broke Through in the 2020s
The new African artists making the biggest moves in 2026. Discover Bayanni, Victony, Omah Lay, Amaarae and the…
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“7 Seconds” spent 16 weeks at number one in France. Its singer later became Senegal’s minister of culture
In 1994, Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry released "7 Seconds", sung in Wolof, English and French. It spent…