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Music and spirit go full throttle at Cape Verdean music festival

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In Cape Verde, music and musicians are so highly revered that a portrait of the country’s most legendary singer, Cesaria Evora, graces the second highest-value bill in the island nation – 2,000 Cape Verdean escudos or 20 USD. That spirit of music appreciation was on display at the country’s annual Atlantic Music Expo festival in April. About 120 industry insiders… Read More
Africa 

Kenya: LGBTQ+ refugees face serious human rights violations, says Amnesty

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The United Nations has called on the international community to take action to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, according to a report by two NGOs, including Amnesty International. The report highlights the “extreme discrimination and violence” faced by “several hundred” LGBTQ+ people living in the camp, which hosts 200,000 refugees and asylum seekers in… Read More
Africa 

The UN warns of the risk of famine in the northeast of Nigeria

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At least $396 million is urgently needed to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in northeast Nigeria from turning into a ” real disaster”, the United Nations office in the country said on Thursday. “We are ringing the alarm bells because there are people who are on the verge of (starvation) death right now in the northeast,” said Matthias Schmale, the… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

I took out a loan to finance my song with Davido – Spyro

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Ace Nigerian artiste Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, popularly known as Spyro, has revealed he took out a bank loan to finance a song. According to the ‘Who’s Your Guy’ singer, he took out a loan to finance his song ‘Funke’ featuring Davido and Mayorkun. Spyro continued saying he struggled for three years to repay the loan as the song failed to… Read More
Africa 

Zimbabwe: amnesty frees a fifth of prisoners from overcrowded jails

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Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails. About 800 prisoners were released on Friday from the Central Prison and Chikurubi Maximum Prison in the capital, Harare. Jails in other parts of the country began releasing prisoners who qualified for the amnesty on Thursday, said… Read More
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Blasphemy: Groups beg Buhari for Singer Sharif-Aminu’s life

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Unchained Vibes Africa, in collaboration with Nigerian, African and worldwide groups, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to commute the death sentence of Nigerian Sufi singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who has been imprisoned since 2020. Sharif-Aminu from Kano was detained without bail in March 2020 after being charged with blasphemy for allegedly defaming Prophet Muhammad (PHUB) in two… Read More
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I Was The First To Upload Full Music Video On Twitter – Singer Bella Shumurda Asks Elon Musk For Royalties

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I Was The First To Upload Full Music Video On Twitter – Singer Bella Shumurda Asks Elon Musk For Royalties Bella Shumurda twitter video Nigerian singer, Bella Shmurda, born Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed, has asked Twitter CEO, Elon Mus to acknowledge and reward him for pioneering lengthy video-sharing on the microblogging platform. Bella suggested that he deserves to get royalties in… Read More
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