ART AND CULTURE STORIES

20/5/2013

Alpha Blondy's mystic sound

A combination of sounds and new talent

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African film enjoys rare Cannes outing By AFP | Monday, May 20  2013 at  13:49

French-Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun whose film is competing for the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival. PHOTO | FILE. |

African film is enjoying a rare invitation to cinema's top table with a film by French-Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun competing for the coveted Palme d'Or, as the continent strives to satisfy an appetite for films made by Africans for Africans.

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African great Oliver Mtukudzi returns with new albumBy AFRICA REVIEW CORRESPONDENT | Saturday, May 11  2013 at  13:56

Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits, Sarawoga. PHOTO | CD COVER. |

An ongoing poetic message

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Saint-Louis Jazz Festival back on the cardsBy TAMBA JEAN-MATTHEW | Wednesday, May 15  2013 at  14:55

Senegalese performer Baba Maal. PHOTO | FILE. |

Baba Maal and his Dande Lenol Band opens the act

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Pushing on: Femi Kuti reimagines his Afrobeat legacyBy AFRICA REVIEW CORRESPONDENT | Saturday, May 11  2013 at  13:59

Nigeria's Afrobeat singer ready with another new album. PHOTO | CD COVER. |

Breaking free musically to speak truth to power

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