Day: 18/03/2023

[Afropop] There was a goldmine inside a building in Malawi, but it lay covered in dust and neglected. Not many seemed aware of the riches that lay in disarray inside MBC, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation.

[Afropop] This week’s Afropop program focuses on Malawi, a country currently reeling from the wrath of tropical cyclone Freddy. Malawi has been scarce on the international music scene. The band called The Very Best, featuring Esau Mwamwaya, has been a welcome exception, most recently collaborating on Baaba Maal’s 2023 album, Being. The archival recordings featured […]

Nigerian Afropop star Rema, sent out a message of solidarity to five Iranian young women who were reportedly arrested for releasing a video dancing to his music. On International Women’s Day, which occured on March 8th, the women created a buzz online after they released a video showing themselves dancing to the global smash “Calm […]

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — Liberia Gospel musician Paul Kennie Harding has been awarded the Best Worship Song of the Year 2023 with his hit song called Greatest.

[AIM] One of the most influential Mozambican rap artists, Edson da Luz, commonly known by his stage name of Azagaia, died at his home in the southern city of Matola on 9 March at the tragically early age of 38.

[263Chat] Brothers and popular musicians Amos and Michael Mahendere are at each other’s throats in a development that has sparked a conversation on the internet.

As meninas foram detidas por utilizaram roupas impróprias segundo as autoridades do país, além de não estarem de hijab. Na manhã desta sexta-feira (17), começou a circular nas redes sociais um vídeo em que cinco adolescentes iranianas dançando a coreografam “Calm Down”, hit de Rema e Selena Gomez. As meninas foram detidas por 48h por usarem, no vídeo, uma vestimenta considerada “imprópria” no país. Além de […]