Music
Dorothy Masuka: the Zimbabwean-born singer whose songs were banned by apartheid
Dorothy Masuka, born in Bulawayo in 1935, became a star in 1950s Johannesburg with songs in Zulu, Ndebele…
African women singers
Music
Bella Bellow: the Togolese voice who died at 28 at the height of her fame
Bella Bellow was the first Togolese singer to win international fame, admired across Africa and in France in…