Dibussi dissects the cavalier attitude towards African intellectual property and indigenous natural resources plagiarized and/or exploited with little or no compensation, as well as the ramifications thereof.
Is Hip-Hop’s future in Africa? Is Kwaito the stepchild of early eighties Chicago House and New Orleans Bounce? Is the Hip-Life duo, PSquare, heirs to Fela’s throne? Has African music lost its soul? What is African music? Is reggae still relevant? In its fourth issue dedicated entirely to music, Bakwa magazine is seeking short fiction,
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Petit Pays owned the nineties. And if he didn’t own the entire decade, then he owned the most significant part of it. And if he didn’t own the airwaves, he certainly owned sidewalk speakers and dance floors. The ‘matinee’ generation would come of age dancing to the sounds of ‘Nioxxer’, ‘Maria’ and ‘Polissy’. If Lapiro
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Interviewed by Belinda Otas With her earnest lyrics, a haunting and soothing sound and a raspy, seductive and magnetic voice, AYO has won adoring fans across Europe, North America and Africa, for her openness which many can relate to. In her own words, AYO on music as her therapy and why identity is important
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