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A Malian Singer Sets Her West African Message to a Dance Beat
Celebrate Brooklyn! The Malian singer and songwriter Oumou Sangare performing at the Prospect Park Bandshell on Friday evening.
Regal, righteous and funky, the Malian singer and songwriter Oumou Sangare commanded the stage of Celebrate Brooklyn! on Friday night at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Wearing a white caftan, a red necklace and a white headscarf...
‘ANCHOR BABY’ GOES TO UNITED KINGDOM
Africa is popular for so many things, but one of the things that has driven Africa’s popularity in the western world in recent times is ‘Anchor Baby’, the movie by Lonzo Nzekwe that was described in the July – September edition of BBC Focus on Africa as ‘A movie with its roots in Africa that points to a bigger debate happening about the levels...
Paris Photo 2011 Takes African Photography as Its Special Theme for This Year’s Edition
Paris Photo 2011
PARIS.- Held this year from 10 to 13 November, Paris Photo celebrates its 15th anniversary by moving to a new location, the Nave of the Grand Palais, a spectacular venue like no other in the French capital for presenting works by photographic artists, thus marking a major turning point for this important international event.
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The Secret Lives of the Four Wives by Lola Shoneyin
Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of the Four Wives is set in modern-day Nigeria where men are supreme and wives are meant to breed children — an obsession of Baba Segi and the reason he has four wives. However, his newest wife, Bolanle, is the youngest and most educated of the four — Iya Segi, Iya Tope, Iya Femi, and Bolanle — and her entry...
Uprooted – Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
Debut novel depicts a family forced out of a comfortable life in this coming-of-age tale set in Niger.
“It is amazing, what you can get used to,” marvels 12-year-old Blessing, the plucky protagonist of Christie Watson’s heartfelt coming-of-age novel, set in Nigeria but resoundingly universal in its depiction of a family struggling to rise above...
The bright side: Ivorian style on show at Dakar fashion week
After months of post-election conflict ground their country to a halt, Ivorian designers hit the catwalk in Senegal this week with a burst of colour and a determination to move on.
Two designers will showcase their creations at the ninth Dakar Fashion week which kicks off Wednesday night, among styles from Senegal, Morocco, Mali, Ghana, the United States...
‘Africans Still Have The Colonial Mentality’ – Actress Genevieve Nnaji
African Screen goddess Genevieve Nnaji has mentioned that she represents the down trodden in society who cannot stand up for themselves and who due to either an under privileged upbringing are left behind. She was speaking exclusively to etv’s J.O.T. Agyeman on 100 Degrees.
Miss Nnaji who is in Ghana for the Premiere of her New Movie the Mirror Boy...
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