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Nigeria: Late Rico Swavey Was Not Drunk – Family, Witness

"Nobody went close to rescue the victim as I beckoned on people around to help, but nobody was willing to. I went close to the scene and discovered that the car was locked, badly damaged, and the engine split into two". Sunday Michael, a witness at ..

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Zimbabwe: ZimDancehall Crooner Winky D, Talented International Star Yet to Rock – Critic

Renowned music critic, Plot Mhako says Zimdancehall kingpin Winky D is immensely talented to make the pedigree of an international music superstar. The artiste, he argues, is sleeping on talent that could possibly propel him to break international g..

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Uganda: Ray G Ready to Test Waters With First Kampala Concert On Saturday

Fast rising Western Uganda musician, Ray G, real names Regan Muhairwe has said he seeks to take his trade countrywide, but to this he will start with a concert in Kampala. Having started his career in 2011, the born of Bushenyi has gone on to become..

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South Africa: Struggle Songs Against Apartheid Come From a Long Tradition of Resistance

Struggle songs, also known as protest music or liberation songs, are defined as "expressions of discontent or dissent" used by politically disenfranchised protesters to influence political conversations and express emotions. Some scholars argue that..

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Kenya: Kenya’s Samburu Warriors Still Practise a Rock Art Tradition That Tells Their Stories

The Samburu people in northern Kenya's Marsabit county are pastoralists. They migrate from place to place in search of pasture and water for their cattle, goats, sheep and camels. As part of their lifestyle, Samburu boys go through an initiation..

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Nigeria: Wizkid’s Manager, Baby Mama Shares Picture of Second Child

Jada Pollock, talent manager and baby mama of Nigerian superstar singer, Ayo Balogun popularly known as Wizkid for first time has shared a picture of her newborn baby and her first child with the singer, Zion, as she marks her birthday. She recently..

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Liberia: 2022 MTN Liberia Music Awards Switches It Up in November

(Monrovia, Liberia) The 2022 MTN Liberia Music Awards will be different this year. Organizers have decided to make a change. "We organized the MTN Liberia Music Awards (MLMA) for the past four years now, using same format. We thought it was time to ..

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Nigeria: Nollywood Producer, Egbegbe, Sentenced to Seven Years Imprisonment

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced Nollywood filmmaker and producer, Olajide Kareem (aka Seun Egbegbe), to seven years imprisonment 'with hard labour' for fraud. The court, however, set Kareem free..

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Nigeria: Timeline of Rico Swavey’s Memorable Movie, Music Career

Unlike his contemporaries, Rico was not a 'digital noise maker' as he lived a simple life. Until Thursday morning, when Rico Swavey passed on due to a fatal accident that occurred on Tuesday, the reality TV star was a much-loved ex-BBNaija..

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Africa: ‘Restitution’ of Looted African Art Just Continues Colonial Policies – Much More Is At Stake

The violence of the past is far from over. But it is disguised in many ways, made invisible and normalised. What started with the Spanish, Portuguese or the Ottoman empires continued with the British, French and Russian empires, and now the United St..

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Ghana: Ghanaian Music Festival ‘Afrochella’ Sued for Copyright Infringement

Coachella and its parent company Goldenvoice are suing music and culture festival Afrochella for "intentionally trading on the goodwill" of the California-based festival's name and trademarks. Should Afrochella have done better in formulating it..

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Nigeria: Reality TV Star Rico Swavey Is Dead

The ex-BBnaija housemate and actor was involved in an accident on Tuesday. Ex-Big Brother Naija star Patrick Fakoya famously known as Rico Swavey is dead. Tobi Bakre, his close friend, broke the news of his death on Instagram on Thursday morning. ..

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