Exactly a year after Africa lost one of its greatest music legends, Hugh Masekela, his friend and fellow legendary artist from Zimbabwe, Oliver Mtukudzi, has died on January 23, 2019, after a long battle with diabetes. The 66-year-old Afro-Jazz musician’s death was confirmed by his record label, Gallo Records, in a statement saying he diedContinue reading “Tribute to Oliver Mtukudzi, legendary Zimbabwean musician who died at 66”
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The world’s youngest DJ from South Africa wows America’s Got Talent judges [Video]
At 6 years old, South African DJ Arch Jnr has already attained global fame and to top it all off, he flew to the United States where he competed in the champions edition of America’s Got Talent show and impressed the judges. DJ Arch Jnr, real name Oratile Hlongwane, got the thousands of people inContinue reading “The world’s youngest DJ from South Africa wows America’s Got Talent judges [Video]”
These popular Christmas traditions are deeply rooted in African culture
Christmas has become an integral part of the African culture and different African communities have different ways of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. In Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt, Christmas is celebrated on January 7, therefore, nothing significant is done during the holiday season. However, in all other parts of the continent, there are activities which have become traditions duringContinue reading “These popular Christmas traditions are deeply rooted in African culture”
Have a Merry Christmas in 25 African languages
Africa is blessed with over a thousand major languages spoken by millions of people in the continent’s 54 countries. Some languages are mutually intelligible as they share similar words and cross national boundaries due to inter-marriages and similar geographical location. Christmas is not an African festival but it was adopted into many cultures after theContinue reading “Have a Merry Christmas in 25 African languages”
Africans join fight to take back Swahili phrase ‘Hakuna Matata’ from Disney
Over 37,000 people have signed a petition to get Walt Disney to reverse the trademark of the Swahili phrase “Hakuna Matata” which means “No Worries” or “No Problem”. Hakuna Matata was registered since 2003 in the United States after the release of the 1994 film, The Lion King, which made the phrase popular. Disney’s recentContinue reading “Africans join fight to take back Swahili phrase ‘Hakuna Matata’ from Disney”
Ismail Akwei 