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- Metascore. 90- User score. 6.3- Release date. April 2, 2013“Jama Ko” was the third album by Mali’s Bassekou Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba. His sons Moustafa and Mamadou play ngonis, traditional West African lutes, and American blues artist ... ....

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The Sound in Their Ears? Black Thinkers Sharing 'Lessons in Survival'

The Berkshire Eagle 31 Oct 2020

On one level, its eight episodes — which feature verbatim performances of interviews and speeches by James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Angela Davis and other Black artists and activists — investigate how African Americans have endured centuries of racism and trauma....

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Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend

The Art Newspaper 30 Oct 2020

Ahead of the presidential election next week, the US artist Abigail DeVille has reimagined the Statue of Liberty’s torch with a 13 ft-tall sculpture titled Light of Freedom—a nod not only to the current political climate but also on the fraught history of the first enslaved Africans who were brought to America's shores....

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Congolese collector Sindika Dokolo reportedly dies in Dubai diving accident

The Art Newspaper 30 Oct 2020

Today, Touria El Glaoui, the founder of the 1-54 contemporary African art fair, described Dokolo as “one of our most important defender[s] of African art” ... The South African-born artist Kendell Geers says he was “deeply shocked” by the news of Dokolo’s death....

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Colby acquires Jacob Lawrence prints

Journal Tribune 30 Oct 2020

The late artist, who documented the African-American experience, has been in the spotlight recently ... ....

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Burna Boy condemns police brutality in Nigeria on new song ’20 10 20′

NME 30 Oct 2020

Burna Boy has released a new song that addresses the police brutality perpetrated by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Nigeria. On ’20 10 20′, the African artist sings ... More. The Big Read. Burna Boy – “A revolution is needed. I want to inspire it” ... Amnesty International reported that 12 demonstrators had been killed ... ....

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‘Gangs Of London’ star Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù: “Chadwick Boseman’s death hit me hard”

NME 30 Oct 2020

His House review. supernatural horror with a socially conscious kick New Netflix horror ‘His House’. Credit ... Credit ... “Absolutely ... He was this scholarly man and super well educated and always coming out with these African sayings ... “I really love Burna Boy, he’s an incredible artist, especially last year’s ‘African Giant’ album ... ... ... ....

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BBC journalists question new tougher social-media guidelines that ban them from ‘virtue signalling’

The Independent 30 Oct 2020

A gallery technician poses next to The Seagram Murals, by artist Mark Rothko during the New Collection Displays photocall at Tate Britain in London ... Artist Hannah Uzor with her painting of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter, at Osborne, the Queen’s seaside home on the Isle of Wight....

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