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Rihanna, defiant witch-woman

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Like the Shona's achiHera or the Igbo’s Ogbanje, the singer overshadows other American pop stars

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Hip-hop gloss can’t save the anticlimax of RiRi’s new album

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Feb 2016

Rihanna has made us wait a maddening four years between albums and while Anti is worthy of a recommendation, it’s hardly earth-shattering stuff.

Pay it back or die, by Rihanna

Article bogdan TagDiv - 31 Jul 2015

The Commission of Gender Equality in Imaginary City has a hard time with Rihanna's video.

Madam is cross with Rihanna

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Jul 2015

The singer's video vividly depicts the violence black women have had to endure.

Slay or nay: Who caused a stir at the Met Gala 2015?

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