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Congo Kinshasa | World
Culture - Arts

Congo's Staff Benda Bilili on big tour

afrol News, 28 June - The heart-warming Kinshasa street musicians group Staff Benda Bilili is starting a breath taking summer tour, visiting 56 stages and festivals in Europe, Japan and Canada.

Cape Verde
Culture - Arts | Society

Cesaria Evora undergoes heart operation

afrol News, 12 May - Cape Verde's famous singer Cesaria Evora is recovering from an emergency heart operation at a Paris hospital. The star says she will hopefully be back on stage by the end of the year.

Somalia
Culture - Arts | Media | Society

Music again banned in Mogadishu

afrol News, 9 April - The Somali insurgent group, Hisbul Islam, this week imposed oppressive edicts on the radio stations in Mogadishu, especially those based in the areas under their control. Music has again been banned.

Liberia
Economy - Development | Politics | Culture - Arts | Society

First female wins Liberia's youth leadership award

afrol News, 22 December - A 19-year-old Vivian Akoto of Liberia has become the first female to win A Star is Born, a youth competition which since 2006 has used music as an instrument for social change, national unity, and an agent to promote peace and development in the West African country.

Africa | Kenya
Society | Culture - Arts | Health

African music awards to boost war against AIDS

afrol News, 9 October - Music stars at this weekend’s MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) in Nairobi, Kenya, can have a significant impact in educating young people about HIV and changing their behaviour, a top UNAIDS official said today.


» 07.10.2009 - Young Liberians to audition for top music award
» 09.09.2009 - Zambian artist competing for $83,000 in Norway
» 10.10.2008 - Cameroonian songbird jailed for rioting
» 06.06.2008 - Algerian singer Khaled "assaulted in Morocco"
» 04.09.2006 - Somali Islamists ban music; "intimidated" top artist agrees
» 03.05.2006 - Zimbabwe govt tries to silence musicians
» 22.02.2005 - Africa gets own MTV channel today
» 03.02.2005 - Cape Verde's Cesária Évora receives prizes
» 17.12.2004 - New book celebrates Miriam Makeba
» 21.10.2004 - Cape Verde mourns Creole singer Ildo Lobo
» 13.10.2004 - "Alcohol ban behind Lesotho arts festival failure"
» 12.06.2004 - Miriam Makeba honoured at US-Africa event
» 09.02.2004 - Grammy for Cape Verde's Cesária Évora
» 29.07.2003 - Senegalese singer to raise AIDS awareness
» 18.07.2003 - Cape Verdean singer becomes WFP ambassador
» 19.05.2003 - South Africa's DJ Khabzela in AIDS polemics

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