Youssou N'dour launches TV channel
 
By opening a TV station, the singer expands his influence
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Global voices hit Harare cinemas
 
Rotterdam International Film Festival joins film enthusiasts in Zimbabwe
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DRC musical group making waves
 
After Cannes, Staff Benda Bilili is back--with an album
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Artiste raises voice from prison
 
Lapiro begs for solidarity and music
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A rainbow of jazz sounds
 
A rainbow of jazz singers and enthusiasts meet in South Africa
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Mac Tontoh's big bang bow
 
The band he co-founded defined African music to a global audience
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African wrestling gets up again
 
Almost wiped out by colonisation, the sport is bouncing back in fervour
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No longer afraid of bride price
 
Why Gikuyu women are no longer shy to pay bride price
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Sexuality seen through the Arts
 
Artists provoke audiences to talk about sex, freely
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Carthage lights up the North
 
Out of over thirty nights, only three were dedicated to African music.
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Osibisa founder-member dies
 
The group brought African music onto the global stage
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Fashion act beyond the ramp
 
Cape Town event presents a more meaningful, and accessible fashion industry
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Writer takes a swipe at Achebe
 
Writer accuses Chinua Achebe; Ngugi wa Thiong'o not spared either.
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Dancers descend on Rwanda
 
Over 10 countries showcase dancing styles in Kigali
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Face of African defiance
 
Nigerian musical legend went against the grain to tell it as was.
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A peek into Mukoma wa Ngugi's consciousness
 
Writer talks about his new book and African writing today.
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Raw sound as wood disappears
 
Tune changes as instrument makers turn to alternative materials
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Salif Keita named AU peace envoys
 
African Union honours continent's entertainers
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A chat with Rwanda's film star
 
Signs indicate a promising film industry in Rwanda
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'Katanga Business' in Kigali
 
Film festival aspires to reflect on African issues as well as tickle
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Zanzibar goes film, art and music
 
Festival promotes hopes and harmony as country prepares to go to elections
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A challenge from Rwanda
 
Here is Africa's young cinema revolution
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Sierra Leonean bags Caine Prize
 
Olufemi Terry is the winner of this year’s award for African Writing
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Music fit for a World Cup
 
Without music, it would be something else, not the World Cup
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Experts meet to reconcile cultures
 
Africa's cultural experts debate place of heritage in modern civilisation
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The resilient sound of Mali at 50
 
Even when funding dried, ensemble set up by president kept embers of Malian
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Timbuktu, the El Dorado of Africa
 
Modern day Timbuktu remains an administrative centre of Mali.
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cultural goals at World Cup
 
Cultural celebrations offer a sense of camaraderie to fans
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Not South African enough
 
South African artistes want a platform but Fifa thinks otherwise
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Camera strips down exploiters
 
London photographic exhibition tackle exploitation that Africa has suffered
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A screaming film from Chad
 
Africa film screened at Cannes is earning rave reviews from critics
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Congolese film, French passions
 
Documentary about musicians' triumph against all odds
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Senegal painted in Jazz
 
Rich list of performers set for West African country for event that has
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Kenya's blank screen at Cannes
 
Film marketing styles--or lack of-- stand out as South Africa goes the full
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Africa's comeback at Cannes?
 
All the usual fanfare at top Cannes Film Festival, and more, with the African
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East Africa whispers at Cannes
 
Short works by Kenya and Uganda now showing at prestigious film festival
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New voices eye Caine Prize
 
Some are gripping, others struggling narratives
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Ngugi redefines Kenyan identity
 
A critic dissects Ngugi wa Thiong'o's just released memoirs
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Yoruba art serves new gods
 
A traditional affair that contemporary reality is shaping
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Caine Prize announces finalists
 
There are two South Africans out of the five finalists to the 2010 Caine
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Return of Nigerien actress
 
Action at the festival already on
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Thunderous applause for Kouyate
 
Malian star was one of the first Africans to hit the screens
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Soulful sounds of Swaziland
 
Mouthpiece of Swazi’s underprivileged that is little known outside his
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Behind the Makmende sensations
 
Characters' popularity a sign of the 'urban times'
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Mali actor Kouyate dies at 74
 
Malian star was one of the first Africans to hit the screens
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East Africa; a literary infant
 
Over-reliance on donor money killing literary imagination
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Winner, not by chance
 
Nigeria Author tells story all the way to victory
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Algeria's double heritage
 
A snapshot of the French Algeria love hate relationship
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Fanning a “musical growth”
 
Cape Town International Jazz Festival contributed $79million to province last
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The disappearing handshake
 
No more cultural handshakes, Africa is too busy today
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Music wafts across valleys
 
A meeting of the traditional and the experimental beats
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Rwanda learns to relax
 
Long seen as a tad boring, Rwanda's social and cultural scene comes alive
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Fattening farms of Mauritania
 
Government turn to Mexican soaps to revert the "big is beauty" tradition
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Artists and the African ruler
 
Does the state have a financial responsibility to the artists ?
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Uwen Akpan over lunch
 
Catholic priest who doesn't mind some naughty stuff
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Always a Time of the Writer
 
A moment of cultural reflection, in Durban
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Soul Boy no child’s play
 
Starring two children, Soul Boy proves a deep conversation
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Pioneer animator speaks
 
At 68, Moustapha knows what many don't, especially on African cinema
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New melodies of Accra
 
Ghana experiment now explores new possible sounds
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ANC grave rite alarms Lusaka
 
Dressed in milky white, Zulu Sangomas arrived in Lusaka to do what has been a
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Commonwealth jury speaks
 
Its a search for new literary voices, jurist say
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C'wealth books that made the cut
 
A taste of Africa's contemporary writings
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Women behind the camera
 
New festival parades best Africa's women filmmakers
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Filmmakers' moment of truth
 
Without huge funding, African filmmakers now face industry sustainability
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Girls on Africa, musically
 
Musical on African girls capitalise on thirst for African themed creations
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Egypt coffin to return home
 
Ministry announces homecoming of a 3,000-year-old painted coffin, a century
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Deceptive allure of Europe
 
A moving story of desire to reach never-never land of "plenty and good life"
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Nollywood hits big screens
 
Investors moves in to assist the local film industry grow by screening
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South Africans take turn
 
Nigeria and South Africa take most slots in the race to win 2010 Commonwealth
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Poetic sounds of Busara
 
Event offers live music, no playbacks please
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Fake screen reality hits
 
Big Brother Africa, Reality TV
As reality TV shows continue to win more following in Africa, critics are
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Race for television content
 
Discop, Africa, media content, market
Senegal hosts media content market
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Africa's newest beat
 
Electronic, music, Africa, kenya, new year
Electronic music seeks to conquer the continent
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