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The Zaria Rebels: the art students who invented “natural synthesis” for a new Nigeria
In 1958, students at the art school in Zaria formed the Zaria Art Society. Known as the Zaria…
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Twins Seven-Seven: the Osogbo artist whose paintings were full of spirits
Twins Seven-Seven emerged from the Osogbo art workshops of the 1960s and became one of Nigeria's best-known artists.…
Arts + Culture
Malick Sidibé: the photographer who captured Bamako’s youth dancing through the 1960s
Malick Sidibé photographed the parties, dances and youth culture of Bamako in the years after Mali's independence. His…
Arts + Culture
J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere: the photographer who recorded a thousand Nigerian hairstyles
J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere spent decades photographing Nigerian women's hairstyles from behind, creating a vast archive of braids, threads…
Music
Sibongile Khumalo: South Africa’s first lady of song, from jazz to opera
Sibongile Khumalo, born in Soweto in 1957, was one of South Africa's most versatile singers, moving between jazz,…
Music
Mohamed Mounir: the Nubian singer from Aswan who became Egypt’s “King”
Mohamed Mounir, born in Aswan to a Nubian family, became one of Egypt's most popular singers from the…
Music
Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga: Congolese rumba in Nairobi
Samba Mapangala, a Congolese singer, moved to East Africa in the 1970s and led Orchestra Virunga in Nairobi.…
Music
Souad Massi: the Algerian singer-songwriter of Raoui and acoustic folk
Souad Massi, born in Algiers, moved to Paris in the late 1990s and built an international career with…
Music
Cheb Hasni: the prince of sentimental rai, killed in Oran in 1994
Cheb Hasni, from Oran, became one of Algeria's most beloved rai singers in the late 1980s and early…
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Dak’Art: the Dakar Biennale that puts contemporary African art on the map
Dak'Art, the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, is held in Dakar, Senegal. Since the early 1990s it has…