Purple Rain

Today Prince would’ve turned 64. To celebrate this legend, we narrow his canon down to 10 of his best songs.

Three South African musicians talk about the spell of the purple one.

Guitarist Mdou Moctar stars in an adaptation of Prince’s movie Purple Rain – transferred to the deserts of Niger.

Heavily-armed police used sjamboks and their new water cannon – immediately dubbed “purple rain” because of the dye in the water to disperse crowds in Adderley Street, Cape Town,…