Arts + Culture
Gerard Sekoto: the South African painter of township life who died in Paris
Gerard Sekoto, born in 1913, painted vivid scenes of township life in Sophiatown and District Six in the…
Paris
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
A gentle voice in a dance-floor tradition: Lokua Kanza
Lokua Kanza, born in 1958, started as a guitarist with Abeti Masikini's Les Redoutables, worked with Ray Lema…
Music
Guitar solos after every verse: how Kanda Bongo Man sped up soukous and started kwassa kwassa
Kanda Bongo Man, born in 1955 in the Congo, began singing in 1973 and found success after moving…