Music legend Babsy Mlangeni dies at 83
Cape Town – South African music veteran Babsy Mlangeni has died at the age of 83 after a short... Read more
2 Oct
Fast-pace dance takes I.Coast’s working-class streets by storm
Abidjan – On the streets of a working-class Abidjan neighbourhood, hundreds of young people gather every week after class... Read more
16 Sep
Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan acquitted of sexual assault
Montreal – vgyuSomali-Canadian rapper K’naan, whose megahit “Wavin’ Flag” became an anthem for the 2010 soccer World Cup, was... Read more
10 Sep
American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70
Washington – Grammy Award-winning American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, her... Read more
3 Sep
US country music legend Dolly Parton dies at 80
Washington – Dolly Parton, the American country music singer who rose from poverty in Tennessee to become a US cultural... Read more
25 Aug
Malian songbird keeps age-old sounds alive at 88
Bamako – At the age of 88, barefoot and cinched into a belt of cowrie shells, renowned singer Mariam... Read more
25 Aug
‘Invaluable asset to the nation’: Maskandi star Nkosi Yamagcokoma dies in KZN crash
Durban – Popular Maskandi artist Scebi Dlamini, known as Nkosi Yamagcokoma, has died in a road accident in Richards... Read more
9 Aug
ZZ Stop: Japanese man arrested for years of guitar noise
Tokyo – An overly enthusiastic Japanese musician has been arrested after allegedly giving his elderly neighbours insomnia for more... Read more
28 Jul
Ceuzany, Cape Verde’s golden voice with volcanic emotion
Mindelo – Barefoot, arms raised and teeming with emotion, Ceuzany belts out the signature track from her latest album,... Read more
2 Jul
Prayer, psalms — and rap: Kinshasa priest engages youth
Kinshasa – Clad in his black cassock and energised by the frenetic beat, Jean-Pierre Mongambi, Kinshasa’s “rapping priest”, roamed... Read more
26 Jun
