Senegalese-American musician, Akon, on Tuesday launched a Solar Academy, aimed at giving African engineers and entrepreneurs the skills needed to develop solar power. The star previously launched the Akon Lighting Read More..
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Musician Pilato Arrested Over Song
Following questioning by police today, the Zambian musician Chama Fumba, who performs under the title of Pilato, was arrested and denied bail in relation to a controversial song which some Read More..
African Artists in Race for U.S. BET Awards
Pop artistes, Wizkid and Yemi Alade, have been nominated alongside Ghana’s Sarkodie and Stoneboy, South Africa’s AKA, DRC’s Fally Ipupa and Kenya’s Sauti Sol for the award of Best International Read More..
Ethiopian-American Singer Kelela Releases New Single, “A Message”
With her lustrous seductive vocals backed by an intensity and radiant sense of strength, and a recent release of a stunningly shot video –evocative sounds of lead track ‘A Message’– Read More..
Fela Kuti: Hear His Long-lost Debut Recording
Long before he became the king of Afrobeat, and one of the most inspirational figures in African culture, Fela Ransome-Kuti was already a recording musician. His early recordings were in Read More..