Latest West Africa Music News
- CULTURE ON THE COMMON: This weekend's Salem CultureFest to deliver international flair 24 Jul 2008 12:38 GMT
... CultureFest to deliver international flair Reggae singers, West-African drummers and dancers from around the world ... drum, mask and sand-art making and more. Music lovers can groove to the tunes of ... money for A3D's next cultural-exchange trip to West Africa, planed for early 2009. "(CultureFest) is ...
- Young actor Jiro Manio denies fathering child 24 Jul 2008 10:57 GMT
... an interview with abs-cbnNEWS.com, Manio said that malicious rumors that he is soon to be ... Brillante Mendoza will be in Durban, South Africa for the Durban International Film Festival on July 24 ... is celebrating his 25th year in the music industry, visited the eleven remaining Scholars of ...
- Percussionist Ian Dogole and his group Hemispheres fuses jazz with a wide variety of rhythms from around the world 24 Jul 2008 09:36 GMT
... There are plenty of musicians today who incorporate one form or another ... play an assortment of percussion instruments from Africa, the Middle East, Peru, and I have an ... Balinese and Javanese music as well as West African. He studied the Japanese koto for ...
- Beth Peerless: Local musicians keep the music scene's flame alive 24 Jul 2008 09:36 GMT
... rituals traced to the Yoruba people of West Africa, Terry has taken it one step further ... kingdom's Fon people in what is now Benin. Terry's brother Yunior Terry played bass and ...
- Tiken Jah Fakoly and FrancoFolies 24 Jul 2008 08:46 GMT
... scion of a griot family from the Ivory Coast, made his first international appearance in Paris ... while cross-promoting his latest critically hailed album, L'Africain , on his current world tour. But ... fans around the world." After escaping to Mali in September 2002 after civil war broke ...
- Afrika! Afrika! @ Trafford Centre 24 Jul 2008 08:31 GMT
... artists, dancers, singers and musicians from 17 African nations, combining dance, theatre, acrobatics and athleticism. ... the whole African continent, including Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast and South Africa. Just as you begin ... directions, while the incredible Dickson Oppong from Ghana manages equally improbable juggling feats with spinning ...
- Oluyemi Thomas: Positive Knowledge 24 Jul 2008 07:35 GMT
... insists on ignoring the potential separation of African, Middle Eastern and Asian music as 'other.' ... and humbling-of-the-heart experiences during my travels in Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda and Ghana. "I'm a world citizen," Thomas concludes, "and ...
- 07-24-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE... 24 Jul 2008 07:31 GMT
... Suozzi to signify her new position. The music star said it's "amazing" to be asked ... in "Sweetwater," a biopic about the first African-American player signed by the NBA. But according ... gas friendly products. Starting with the Chevy Malibu and Tahoe Hybrids and the Chevy hydrogen ...
- In Conversation Sessions at WOMAD 2008 24 Jul 2008 07:29 GMT
... credit/debit card bookings) LINE-UP DETAILS Abass Dudu (Ghana) - Adrian Sherwood (UK) - AltaiKAI (Altai ... Eddy Grant & The Frontline Orchestra (Guyana/South Africa) - Ernest Ranglin (Jamaica) - Finley Quaye ... (Cuba) - Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (UK/Gambia) - Kenge Kenge Orutu Systems (Kenya) - ...
- The Hip-Hop Herald: 07.24.08 24 Jul 2008 06:32 GMT
... Seal ! Does anybody actually read my non-musical intros? I figure it's a chance for ... mother as a ‘baby mama,' they are maligning not only the Obamas, but Black women ... August 29). Yolanda White, assistant VP of African American Marketing at Coca-Cola, expressed excitement about the ...
- African leaders raise doubts on G-8 commitments 24 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT
... African leaders raise doubts on G-8 commitments By ... of Hokkaido. The leaders of Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania as well ...
- A whole world in their hands as Chinese warm to Chelsea's masterplan 24 Jul 2008 01:37 GMT
... more can we ask for? The best musical I have seen in London in 20 ... game) Manchester United Scotland (1 game), Sth Africa (3 games), Nigeria (1 game) Middlesbrough Portugal (2 games), Scotland ...
- WOMAD Charlton Park 2008 Programs Abundance of Children's Activities 24 Jul 2008 00:36 GMT
... credit/debit card bookings) LINE-UP DETAILS Abass Dudu (Ghana) - Adrian Sherwood (UK) - AltaiKAI (Altai ... Eddy Grant & The Frontline Orchestra (Guyana/South Africa) - Ernest Ranglin (Jamaica) - Finley Quaye ... (Cuba) - Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (UK/Gambia) - Kenge Kenge Orutu Systems (Kenya) - ...
- WOMAD Charlton Park 2008 Encourages Environmentally Sound Travel 23 Jul 2008 23:37 GMT
... ticket-related queries only. LINE-UP DETAILS Abass Dudu (Ghana) - Adrian Sherwood (UK) - AltaiKAI (Altai ... Eddy Grant & The Frontline Orchestra (Guyana/South Africa) - Ernest Ranglin (Jamaica) - Finley Quaye ... (Cuba) - Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (UK/Gambia) - Kenge Kenge Orutu Systems (Kenya) - ...
- Local public artworks honored in Philadelphia 23 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT
... Garza was a promoter from the all-ages music scene, and the other owner, Che Sabado, ... five continents — hailing from Hawaii to West Africa — half of the album sales will ...
- Kennedy Center Stage To Glitter With Design During Thisday Africa Rising Festival, Friday, August 1 23 Jul 2008 20:52 GMT
... Stage To Glitter With Design During Thisday Africa Rising Festival, Friday, August 1 International supermodels ... of leading designers at the Africa Rising Music and Fashion Festival, Friday evening, August 1, ... the entire world to see. In Abuja, Nigeria, the event went beyond working the runway ...
- D-d-d-don't stop the beat 23 Jul 2008 16:32 GMT
... small art studio was alight with the music of the eight drummers in the room as they tore up another African groove. Sixteen hands were red from the raucous ... per class. Reservations please: (413) 637-2727, Community West African Drum and Dance with Marafanyi All ...
- World music stars to descend on Dún Laoghaire 23 Jul 2008 09:53 GMT
... music stars to descend on Dún Laoghaire African Reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly has been announced ... musical talent from Algeria, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, Mali and Morocco and many more. Opening the ... Orchestre National de Barbes; Seu Jorge; and West African Griots Banaya. ...
- 07-23-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE... 23 Jul 2008 07:17 GMT
... young veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan. 'Ye and Sway will be featured in an ... ordered to keep black patrons out. An African-American sports reporter for China Central Television named ... such war-torn lands as Uganda, Rwanda, Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Sudan, Swaziland has ...
- Spiro: A real student leader 23 Jul 2008 05:25 GMT
... Gaithersburg. The spider is a wise and funny fixture in traditional Ashanti tales in Ghana, West Africa, as well as the focus of ‘Anansi the Spider,” a Caldecott Honor book by ...
- Rocky Dawuni Summer 2008 US Dates!! 23 Jul 2008 05:20 GMT
... Ghana's international music sensation, Rocky Dawuni returns to the ... profile live concerts. Rocky is one of Africa's most popular musicians whose live performances have ... Pier in Los Angeles on August 7th, Malibu Inn in Malibu on August 24th. Full ...
- Gambia: Pa Bobo Determined to Reach At the Pinnacle in Music 23 Jul 2008 04:55 GMT
... In this exclusive interview with Art and Music Column, Pa Bobo Jorbateh talks about his ... gives his opinion on the state of Gambian music and the way forward. How did ... bands from all over the continent of Africa were invited to perform in what turned out ...
- Nigeria: Africa Rising - Two Down, Two to Go 23 Jul 2008 04:55 GMT
... three continents with the this year theme "Africa Rising" aimed to revolutionise global perspectives on ... birthday song. Deola Sagoe of Odu'a creation, Nigeria's international fashion designer was in the house ... appearance by models. At hand also was Ghanaian born and London brought up Designer, Ozwald ...
- Gambia: Pa Bobo Determined to Reach At the Pinnacle in Music [interview] 23 Jul 2008 04:54 GMT
... In this exclusive interview with Art and Music Column, Pa Bobo Jorbateh talks about his ... gives his opinion on the state of Gambian music and the way forward. How did ... bands from all over the continent of Africa were invited to perform in what turned out ...
- Rocky Dawuni releases US summer tour dates 23 Jul 2008 04:51 GMT
... Ghana's international music sensation, Rocky Dawuni returns to the ... profile live concerts. Rocky is one of Africa's most popular musicians whose live performances have ... Pier in Los Angeles on August 7th, Malibu Inn in Malibu on August 24th. Full ...
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