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Malian singer detained in Italy in child custody row
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoRokia Traoré was last year sentenced in absentia to two years in prison in Belgium [Getty Images] Famous Malian singer Rokia Traoré has been arrested at...
Malian singer Rokia Traore detained in Italy in child custody case
France 24 via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoMalian singer Rokia Traore has been arrested in Italy over an outstanding two-year prison sentence...
Grammy Awards: Africa finally has its own category – but at what cost?
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoFor the first time in its 65-year history the Grammy Awards in the US has introduced an African category, Best African Music Performance, which recognises the song of the year. The Grammys is ...
Afrobeats Superstar Ayra Starr Gets Personal About ‘The Year I Turned 21,’ Meeting Rihanna and...
Variety via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoAyra Starr’s evolution from teen star to a fully-fledged musician has been fast and furious. In the...
Not French enough: Aya Nakamura’s rumoured Olympics show prompts far-right backlash
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoChoosing Aya Nakamura to perform Edith Piaf songs for the 2024 Olympics amounts to “humiliating the...
Les Flammes 2024: Aya Nakamura reigns supreme with three top awards
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoAya Nakamura has cemented her status as the French queen of hip-hop at Les Flammes. The awards were...
Khruangbin Brings It Back to Basics With the Low-Key Majesty of ‘A La Sala’: Album Review
Variety via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoFew would have predicted that one of the biggest alt-rock breakthroughs of the last decade would be...
Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa's famed stringed musical instrument
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months ago“How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world music course discussion board recently. He voiced what many of ...