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Davido's new single 'Funds' is a celebration of African unity

Independent online (SA) 09 Dec 2024
Last year, he became the first African artist to top the iTunes Album Chart with the release of “Timeless”, which garnered three Grammy nominations in the Best Global Music Album, the Best Global ...
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WATCH: South African opera singer Pretty Yende performs at the opening of Notre Dame Cathedral

Independent online (SA) 09 Dec 2024
She became the first African solo artist to perform at the coronation of a British monarch, where she sang "Sacred Fire," a piece written by composer Sarah Class specifically for the occasion.
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The 20 best debut albums of 2024

NME 09 Dec 2024
“On her long-awaited debut, the Lagos-born artist embodies the careful intersection of African music’s rising cultural presence and the diverse array of genres found across her native West African homeland.
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Nashville mourns soul acoustic artist Larysa Jaye, dead in car crash at age 40

The Tennessean 09 Dec 2024
... served as musical director for the Summer Shakespeare series in Nashville, TN and Franklin, TN, and was named as a talent for The National Museum of African American Music's Emerging Artist program.
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Cannes Film Festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux: “If I do bad selections two years in a row, I will leave”

Screen Daily 09 Dec 2024
“We come here to see you ... “Here is the place of Arab cinema, African cinema, which is important,” said Fremaux. The French executive has been general delegate at Cannes since 2007, and was artistic delegate before that from 2001 ... .
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Tsedaye Makonnen: Ethiopian American Artist Illuminates the Smithsonian with Sanctuary ‘Mekdes’

Tadias 08 Dec 2024
Mekdes by acclaimed Ethiopian American artist Tsedaye Makonnen, opening at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art on December 13 ... the start of my tenure at the National Museum of African Art.
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Senegalese artisans in the spotlight as they exhibit for the first time at a prestigious ...

Black Hills Pioneer 08 Dec 2024
For the artistic and cultural elites of the West ...
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Tania Jeremie wins Superstar category at the 8th ODA award |07 December 2024

Nation 07 Dec 2024
Tania, the first Seychellois artist ever to be nominated for the award, was competing against ...
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Notre Dame to reopen five years after blaze; Trump, Zelenskyy, global leaders to attend grand ceremony

The Times of India 07 Dec 2024
The event will include prayers, hymns, and an organ performance by the cathedral’s choir, followed by a televised concert featuring international artists such as Chinese pianist Lang Lang, South ...
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Fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi celebrates new collaboration

Independent online (SA) 06 Dec 2024
... the creatives joining the brand’s Artist Residency. The Don Julio Artist Residency is an inspiring programme celebrating the fusion of South African and Mexican creativity, craftsmanship and culture.
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Art that flows between the rivers and into the sea

Mail Guardian South Africa 06 Dec 2024
Part of a cohort of talented California artists to emerge in the later Sixties, Nengudi is the original slay queen — and also spirit mother of export-quality South African artists like Dineo Seshee Bopape and Turiya Magadlela.
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Kyle Desai on overcoming adversity to inspire the next generation through music

Independent online (SA) 06 Dec 2024
At just 26 years old, Kyle Desai, also known as KD, is carving out a unique space for himself in the South African music scene ... To young artists embarking on their journeys, Desai offers a heartfelt message.
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Spotify Wrapped 2024: Hilarious memes and reactions from the musical event of the year you cannot miss!

The Times of India 06 Dec 2024
It is all about celebrating the fans, artists, and creators who made this year the record-breaking, ... — neckdeepslive (@neckdeepslive) 'Only African Artists #SpotifyWrapped,' a netizen said.
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Five of the best young adult books of 2024

The Observer 06 Dec 2024
Beginning on 1 January with the Year of Africa (1960, when 17 African nations gained independence from colonial rule), it features activists, actors, scientists and artists, protest movements from ...
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‘Under the Dome’ has local artists, musicians

White Rock Lake Weekly 05 Dec 2024
Photo courtesy of African American Museum, Dallas. Celebrating Black artists, businesses and ... at the African American Museum, Dallas.

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