#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
#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.19.2025 Where to start with: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The award-winning Nigerian author and Beyoncé-sampled essayist is back with her first novel in a decade, which makes now a great time to get to know her work
#Showbiz × #cls__sex_gdb_Female #Nigeria #Africa × #Beyoncé
#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 Janet Suzman on Athol Fugard: A writer of true integrity has gone. The actor recalls her interactions with one of South Africa’s greatest playwrights
#Showbiz × #Africa × #actress #South Africa #actor
#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
#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
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.16.2025 ‘The snake fell out of my wig’: why Judi Dench lost her voice when playing Cleopatra. The actor recalls a terrifying moment when playing the doomed Egyptian queen during a 1987 production of the Shakespeare classic
#Showbiz × #Africa × #actress #actor #Egypt
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.01.2025 The Long Wave: From the Met Gala to Afcon, 2025 promises to be a bumper year. New Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Michael Jackson biopic and more brilliant Black art and culture coming your way in the next 12 months
#PublicHoliday #Showbiz × #Nigeria #Africa × #football #USA #New Year #North America #Africa Cup of Nations
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