#theguardian.com. #Feb.21.2026 US salsa legend Willie Colón, vocalist, trombonist and composer, dies aged 75. Colón’s music combined jazz, rock and salsa, incorporating rhythms from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Africa
#Showbiz #Africa × #Brazil #South America #Cuba #North America #music × #jazz
#theguardian.com. #Feb.13.2026 Ebo Taylor obituary. Ghanaian guitarist, arranger, singer-songwriter and cult hero who rose to fame outside Africa only late in life
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90. Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
#Showbiz #Nigeria #Ghana #Africa × #music ×
#bbc.com. #Feb.08.2026 Ebo Taylor: Influential highlife and afrobeat musician dies at 90. The guitarist, composer and band leader fused Ghanaian music and funk to create tracks sampled around the world.
#Showbiz #Ghana #Africa × #music × #musician
#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2026 Tyla beats Burna Boya and Davido to African Grammy. The 24-year-old bagged her second-ever Grammy beating three Nigerians and a Ugandan.
#Showbiz #Uganda #Africa × #Grammy Awards #music ×
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.01.2026 Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.01.2026 Ifunanya Nwangene: Aspiring Nigerian singer dies after snakebite in Abuja. Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant in The Voice Nigeria, died after not getting the antivenom she needed.
#Showbiz #Nigeria #Africa × #music ×
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.01.2026 Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award. Award for late Afrobeat pioneer and political radical is the 'anti-establishment being recognised by the establishment'.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.30.2026 Fela Kuti to receive Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award. Almost 30 years after he died, the Nigerian will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
#Showbiz #Nigeria #Africa × #Grammy Awards #music ×
#bbc.com. #Jan.18.2026 IShowSpeed: YouTube star touches hearts in Africa during first tour. "I love the love in Africa. The energy here is crazy," he says on his maiden tour of the continent.
#Showbiz #Africa × #music ×
#aljazeera.com. #Nov.19.2025 Why is Nicki Minaj talking about Nigeria’s Christians?. Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj is the latest high-profile figure to speak out on violence against Nigeria's Christians.
#Religious #Showbiz #Nigeria #Africa × #North America #music × #Trinidad and Tobago
#bbc.com. #Nov.19.2025 Nicki Minaj at the UN: Christians in Nigeria are ‘driven from their homes and killed’. The US-based Trinidadian rapper addressed the UN in New York alongside Trump administration officials, making claims that lack evidence.
#Politics #Showbiz #Nigeria #Africa × #USA #North America #music × #Trinidad and Tobago
#theguardian.com. #Nov.17.2025 Nicki Minaj to spotlight plight of Nigerian Christians in UN speech arranged by White House. Rapper to give address on Tuesday after supporting Trump’s post condemning Nigerian government
#Christian #Politics #Religious #Showbiz #Nigeria #Africa × #music ×
#theguardian.com. #Mar.27.2025 ‘We can talk through our art’: the Malian festival uniting the Sahel’s people. In a region fractured by jihadists and coups, Ségou’Art shows ‘we share our culture, even if politics divides us’
#Politics #Showbiz #Niger #Africa × #USA #North America #music × #Mali #Burkina Faso
#theguardian.com. #Mar.12.2025 The Long Wave: From aseeda to Vimto, Ramadan traditions across the diaspora. In my experience, to fast in a non-majority Muslim country is to withdraw into a type of social hermitage. Plus, 100 years of Black British music
#Islamic #Religious #Showbiz #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe #music ×
#theguardian.com. #Mar.09.2025 ‘We are one people’: Soca stars including Machel Montano highlight Caribbean’s connection to Africa. Trinidad and Tobago and its neighbors mix music genres in a fast-growing transatlantic artistic exchange
#Showbiz #Africa × #North America #music × #Trinidad and Tobago
#theguardian.com. #Mar.05.2025 The Long Wave: Trinidad and Tobago carnival celebrates African roots. Soca veterans join forces with Afrobeats stars as the diaspora strengthens ties with the motherland. Plus, Angela Davis heads to London
#Showbiz #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe #North America #music × #Trinidad and Tobago
#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 ‘The killers I met in jail didn’t scare me’: singer Rokia Traoré on why prison was ‘a privilege’. After serving time in Paris, Rome and Brussels, the Malian star is ready to perform again – and planning a book and a stage show about her fellow inmates and her own prison experiences
#Showbiz #France #Africa × #Belgium #Italy #Europe #music × #Mali
#bbc.com. #Feb.24.2025 John Legend: US star defends Rwanda concert amid DR Congo war. 'We shouldn't punish people when we disagree with their leaders', he told the BBC.
#Politics #Showbiz #Rwanda #Africa × #USA #North America #music × #Republic of the Congo #Democratic Republic of the Congo
#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2025 The Long Wave: Elmiene’s songs of hope in the shadow of war. The British singer-songwriter explores the loss of home and homeland as we share stories of Sudan. Plus, Drake bounces back after Kendrick diss
#Showbiz #Sudan #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe #music ×
#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2025 Bashy, Darkoo and Odeal top winners at 2025 Mobo awards. There are two awards apiece for the UK artists, while Nigerian singer Ayra Starr also wins two at Newcastle-hosted ceremony for Black musical excellence
#Showbiz #Nigeria #United Kingdom #Africa × #Europe #music ×
#bbc.com. #Feb.05.2025 Willy Mignon: Benin's era-defining musician dies aged 39. Willy Mignon is remembered as a "fighter" who pioneering a whole new dance style.
#Showbiz #Africa × #music × #musician #Benin
#bbc.com. #Feb.03.2025 Tems wins at Grammy Award 2025, beating Yemi Alade and Burna Boy. Tems is the first Nigerian to win two Grammys after taking the Best Africa Music Performance prize.
#Showbiz #Nigeria #Africa × #Grammy Awards #music ×
#bbc.com. #Feb.02.2025 Grammy Awards 2025: Who should count as African?. The dedicated award for African music is proving contentious with the inclusion of Chris Brown.
#Showbiz #Africa × #Grammy Awards #music ×
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