Zimbabwe
Politics | Human rights | Culture - Arts
Zimbabwe govt tries to silence musicians
afrol News / The Zimbabwean, 3 May - The Zimbabwe government, running scared in the face of mass anger at the economic hardships caused by its failed policies, is desperately trying to stifle any independent voices - including those of musicians and artists. The latest victims of its heavy-handed crack-down on freedom of expression are award-winning musician Hosea Chipanga and South African DJ Cleopas Monyepeao.
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Africa | South Africa
Society | Culture - Arts
Africa gets own MTV channel today
afrol News, 22 February - The US music and entertainment broadcaster giant MTV today launches the first-ever pan-African music television channel. The Johannesburg-based 'MTV Base' aims at putting "African artists in the spotlight" and hopes to reach an audience of 1.3 million households in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Cape Verde
Society | Culture - Arts
Cape Verde's Cesária Évora receives prizes
afrol News / A Semana, 3 February - Cesária Évora, Cape Verde's internationally renown singer, on 14 February is to receive three gold records in Poland for the sale of more than 30,000 copies of three of her CDs. At the same time, her record company is honoured for its production of so-called "world music", mostly due to its production of Ms Évora's records.
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Africa | South Africa
Society | Culture - Arts
New book celebrates Miriam Makeba
afrol News, 17 December - The second-ever auto-biography of Miriam Makeba, South Africa's famous singer, composer, actress, humanitarian and women rights activist, has been launched with success in Johannesburg. More open than in her 1988 biography written while in US exile, Ms Makeba now says: "I am free to what I want to say." Numerous black and white photographs of the artist underline her colourful life.
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