Thursday, 29 March 2012

CAPE TOWN FESTIVAL HONOURS MAKEBA, THIRD WORLD

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Third World Band South Africa ’s 13th Cape Town International Jazz Festival takes place this weekend, with more than 40 international and...
Thursday, 8 March 2012

RISING AFRICAN STARS SING FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

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Bafing Kul in concert in Paris Not many performers could engage an audience with a song denouncing female circumcision, but Malian re...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012

MARLEY, KIDJO AND K'NAAN CHANT FOR FREEDOM

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Jamaican singer Ziggy Marley, Beninese diva Angelique Kidjo and Somalian rapper K’naan are  among more than 80 performers on the new Bob D...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012

HERBIE HANCOCK TEAMS WITH UN TO BOOST CULTURE

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Herbie Hancock at UNESCO PARIS - Herbie Hancock is a musician on a mission. The jazz legend, who was appointed a UNESCO Goodwill Ambass...
Thursday, 12 January 2012

COMIC BOOK GIVES HAITI’S VIEW OF THE QUAKE

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"Tents Beyond Tents" by P. Jerome and C. Pierre  Two years after the earthquake in Haiti, journalists and cartoonists have ...
Monday, 19 December 2011

REMEMBERING CAPE VERDE’S BAREFOOT DIVA

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We first met Cesaria Evora in June, 1997. The article below was published that same year by Inter Press Service (IPS) . Cesaria Evora ©...
Wednesday, 30 November 2011

‘I WAS IN TEARS’: LUC BESSON TALKS ABOUT THE LADY

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Director Luc Besson with Michelle Yeoh. Photo Magali Bragard  © 2011 EuropaCorp – Left Bank Pictures – France 2 Cinéma A poignant film ...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011

TOP DESIGNERS MAKE DOLLS TO FUND VACCINATIONS

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Designer Tilmann Grawe with his doll Despite the global economic crisis, top fashion designers such as Giorgio Armani, Prada and Sonia ...
Monday, 7 November 2011

NIGERIAN SOPRANO SOARS IN EUROPE

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Nigerian soprano Omo Bello on stage “Someone like her comes along every 20 years.” That’s what one of Omo Bello’s singing teacher...