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Djodje: The musician on a mission to reclaim sense of black pride in Cape Verde
Djodje is one of Cape Verde’s most successful pop stars. Following in the footsteps of Nelson Freitas, he blends zouk and kizomba with Cape Verde’s own coladeira rhythms. His sound…
At 91, Don King still longs for the spotlight. But it is shining elsewhere
The contrasting fortunes of the flamboyant promoter and his fellow boxing dealmaker, Bob Arum, were…
I swam down Ghana’s Volta River for 40 days to show the true cost of cheap clothes
Secondhand clothing waste from Europe is choking the waterways of the west African country. It…
‘People thought they knew the story’: the rise and fall of Milli Vanilli
A revealing new documentary takes an inside look at the most infamous lip-syncing scandal in…
Ama Ata Aidoo: the pioneering writer from Ghana left behind a string of feminist classics
Prolific author and former Ghanaian education minister Ama Ata Aidoo passed away on 31 May 2023 at…
Why a Namibian artist records his music in the dark
Lazarus Shiimi, or Gazza as he’s more popularly known, is one of Namibia’s most successful…
I don’t want anyone else to use rags for sanitary pads
Tamara Magwashu was bullied at school as her family was not rich enough to afford…
