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  • Marlena Smalls heralds 'A Gullah Christmas' 25 Nov 2009 21:33 GMT
    ... to the South Carolina Sea Islands. Weaving music and narration, the singers define language and ... define language and traditions indelibly linked to West African heritage and its influence on the development of ...

  • Geldof in Ethiopia to mark 25 years since famine 25 Nov 2009 19:19 GMT
    ... in the north of the Horn of Africa country. Dozens of children and women greeted ... after galvanising some of the world's top musicians to participate in the charity drive. "What ... in Ethiopia, Africa's second most-populous country after Nigeria. It urged donors to focus on helping ...

  • Three Lutheran Tenors to perform in concert in East Bethel 25 Nov 2009 19:07 GMT
    ... year’s concert also features many other talented musicians of the church, including the Cornerstone Worship ... Buntausa Amos Sunday, a Lutheran pastor from Nigeria, on African drums. A portion of the proceeds from ...

  • Benin's Godfather Of Funk: El Rego 25 Nov 2009 16:15 GMT
    ... the recording scene in 1960s and '70s Benin rivaled that of neighboring Ghana and Nigeria, ... funky oeuvre that's hard to match in West Africa. But the man Samy Ben Redjeb (producer ...

  • This is gonna be Euge 25 Nov 2009 14:56 GMT
    ... faith or spiritual plane one embraced. The music's rich ambience and obvious devotional dedication opened ... kick off the latest installment in the African American Forum's series of smooth jazz concerts. Then, ... sound that has previously employed influences from Mali, the Caribbean and even Appalachia. Monday's program ...

  • Rocky Dawuni performs to celebrate upcoming 2010 World Cup 25 Nov 2009 09:16 GMT
    ... unforgettable holiday and business experience in Accra. Ghanaian reggae star, Rocky Dawuni will appear live ... part of PUMA & Afro Funke' Live's 'African Soccer Fever' events taking place on December ... warming, global economic collapse and poverty - music that uplifts and empowers is a much ...

  • Tuareg Footsteps 25 Nov 2009 09:13 GMT
    ... Footsteps in Africa: A Nomadic Journey (Kiahkeya, 2009) Footsteps in Africa: A ... road trip through the Sahara desert of Mali about the Tuareg/Kel Tamashek tribes living in ... Africa sets out to explore these people’s music, dance and way of life. Now while ...

  • Plenty of Afro-heat 25 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
    ... the O'Neill has been decorated like a Nigerian club in the '70s, with corrugated iron ... and a giant disco ball, slogans and African paintings. The onstage band (the real-life New ... ensemble Antibalas) is pumping out turbo-charged Afrobeat music. Dancers cavort down the aisles and on ...

  • Remarks By The First Lady At Indian State Dinner Press Preview 25 Nov 2009 03:32 GMT
    ... and he helped create some of the music for the film “Slumdog Millionaire.” I don't ... nurses in the maternal health clinic in Ghana, in Africa, that we got to see. See, all ...

  • Fire of song, movement and drama burns bright in 'Fela!' 25 Nov 2009 02:16 GMT
    ... is less structured than your typical Broadway musical but surely more encompassing than most. On ... it is the story of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Nigerian composer, singer, bandleader and political activist, founder ... Jones, who also directed, has devised spectacular African-inspired dances that fill every centimeter of the ...

  • Dancing With the Stars 24 Nov 2009 22:17 GMT
    ... , the musical directed by Bill T. Jones about the ... claims will be his final show in Nigeria. The book barely develops its secondary characters ... choreography is fluid and gorgeous, mixing traditional African moves with modern expressiveness and a generous ...

  • Victory Christian Center hosts the African Children's Choir 24 Nov 2009 21:52 GMT
    ... Kutztown, will sponsor a concert by the African Children’s Choir on Dec. 2 at 7 ... in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Rwanda, Nigeria and Ghana. “It is the desire of our church ...

  • Angelique Kidjo's 'Oyo' Celebrates a Rich Musical Heritage 24 Nov 2009 20:14 GMT
    ... What a playlist! Some African folk songs mixed with the African-American R&B of ... her about it. The follow-up to the Benin-born star's 2007 contemporary world-music Grammy Award-winning album ... 'Zelie,' the first hit by of neighboring Togo. Kidjo's version, modeled very much after Bellow's ...

  • Matt Groening adds Amadou and Mariam 24 Nov 2009 19:55 GMT
    ... have been involved in Kofi Annan's global music petition. Created to pressure leaders to agree ... few years albums such as ''Welcome to Mali'' and ''Dimanche à Bamako'' (featured in The ... best-loved - act to come out of Africa in recent years. Along the way they have worked ...

  • Gospel Ensemble Out Soon 24 Nov 2009 14:34 GMT
    ... GOSPEL ENSEMBLE, the latest gospel music group in Ghana, has announced that it will soon outdoor ... in Ghana, is being sent to South Africa for finishing touches. In an interview with ...


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