Happy birthday, Bob, love Africa

Bob Marley’s 67th birthday provides an opportunity to reflect on reggae's love affair with Africa.

Bob Marley: The legacy wanes, but the cult lives on

Bob Marley's legacy may be waning 30 years after his death as Jamaica's youth prefers dancehall to reggae, but the singer remains a cult figure.

Bob Marley's funeral: A day of Jamaican history

Bob Marley's funeral 30 years ago was an extraordinary event. Richard Williams was there, and recalls a Jamaican carnival of music and prayer.

Real men cry too

According to African tradition women are emotionally weak -- tears are not only okay, they are expected.

Desert art in danger at Egypt's new tourism frontier

A rising tide of travellers seeking out the new frontier of Egyptian tourism is threatening priceless rock art preserved for millennia in one of the most-isolated reaches of the Sahara. In Egypt's south-west corner, straddling the borders of Sudan and Libya, the elegant paintings of prehistoric man and beast in the mountains of Gilf Kabir and Jebel Ouenat are as stunning in their simplicity as anything by Picasso.

Lucky Dube fans pour hearts out on blog

After the death of South African reggae legend Lucky Dube last week in an apparent hijacking attempt in Johannesburg, much was said about the singer's worldwide appeal -- and a flood of responses to a blog on the Mail & Guardian Online's Thought Leader website was further proof of his star quality.

Police on trail of Lucky Dube's killers

Johannesburg police were on Friday looking for three men driving a blue Volkswagen Polo believed to have been involved in the murder of reggae star Lucky Dube (43). The musician was shot dead in a botched hijacking in Rosettenville at about 8.20pm on Thursday night, said a police spokesperson.

Lucky Dube shot dead in Jo'burg

Reggae musician Lucky Dube was shot dead in a hijacking on Thursday in Rosettenville, Johannesburg police said. Captain Cheryl Engelbrecht said the incident took place at about 8.20pm when Dube (43) was driving in the Johannesburg suburb. He was dropping off his son in the area when he was attacked.

Reality rap

While the likes of 50 Cent spin gangsta fantasies, rapper K'Naan has the brutal realities of life in war-torn Mogadishu to draw on. Robin Denselow meets Somalia's hip-hop traveller

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