World citizen strongly rooted in Mali
It would be easy for someone as in demand as Fatoumata Diawara to forget exactly who she is at times.
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Vusi Mahlasela: The healing power of sound
Words that defined a generation were more profound than this celebrated composer from Mamelodi realised, writes Lloyd Gedye.
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Happy birthday, Bob, love Africa
Bob Marley's 67th birthday provides an opportunity to reflect on reggae's love affair with Africa.
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Channel O awards: All the winners
Nigerian artists took the lion's share of the prizes at the Channel O Music Video Awards this weekend.
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Habit and harmony
When I registered for my part-time honours degree Mary Rörich had started an appreciation club for postgraduate students.
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The language of my true love
Words and songs have long inspired us. "If music be the food of love, play on," said William Shakespeare, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.
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Rocking the Swahili coast
Lloyd Gedye takes a musical journey through the streets of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar's Stone Town.
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DJ Oil's slick trick
When not wandering the musical globe, DJ Oil works with other musical explorers from France.
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Cross-continental jams
Fela Kuti will be "dancing in his grave". That's what his son, Femi, says. The reason? A special concert outside Femi's own Afrika Shrine this month.
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Rabble-rousing rebel
Musician Thomas Mapfumo may well be the prophet in the aphorism: "Only in his hometown is a prophet without honour."
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