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Basquiat to Delaney: inside the exhibition honouring 50 years of art in Black Paris

AOL 02 Apr 2025
Of the 150 Black artists across 350 works exhibited, many of them have stories like Sekoto’s – coming from the US, Caribbean, South America and Africa to find an artistic refuge in Paris ... Of artists ...
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Val Kilmer, film star who played Batman and Jim Morrison, dies at 65

The Mercury News 02 Apr 2025
He was a co-star, billed beneath Michael Douglas, in “The Ghost and the Darkness” (1996), a period piece about lion hunting set in late 19th-century Africa ... he was a fellow artist, Willem de Kooning.
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Jayden Samuels: the South African ballet prodigy aiming for the global stage

Independent online (SA) 01 Apr 2025
Growing up in a town known for its challenges, he faced numerous obstacles common to budding artists ... Africa ... “I have worked with many exceptional artists, but never someone of this very young age.
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The Struggle for Western Sahara

Dissident Voice 01 Apr 2025
The struggle for Western Sahara stands as one of Africa’s longest-running battles against colonialism and neocolonial occupation ... Out of Africa ... Africans, everywhere, must understand our responsibility to Africa because our destiny is tied to Africa.
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Chandler Moore greeted with joy in Mzansi ahead of his concert series

Independent online (SA) 31 Mar 2025
South Africa has become hot property for international acts to visit; this year alone, artists such as Kenny G, Keisha Cole, Doja Cat and Travis Scott are set to perform.
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From busking to international stages Wandile Mbambeni's musical journey

Independent online (SA) 31 Mar 2025
He joined six times Grammy-nominated artist Tamia on her national tour of South Africa, playing venues such as SunBet Arena in Pretoria and Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town ... his artistic journey.
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What do you know about money? (2): The Real Capital

B & FT Online 31 Mar 2025
But as Africa’s artistes gradually integrate into what I may call the global copyright system, you can check this out again in fifty years’ if alive ... scene in Africa and throughout the world today.
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Creative residencies can bring artistic world to the region

Arab News 30 Mar 2025
Creative residencies in the Middle East and North Africa could ignite a new wave of artistic expression, using the region’s natural landscapes and cultural heritage to inspire works that resonate far beyond its borders.
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Kizz Daniel Announces Fifth Studio Album, Global Tour

This Day 28 Mar 2025
After coming off a very eventful 2022 that saw the global music sensation achieve huge milestones, including being crowned the most streamed artist in Africa in the first half of the year, releasing ...
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AfriForum condemns Constitutional Court ruling on 'Kill the Boer' chant

Independent online (SA) 28 Mar 2025
Nkosinathi Mthembu, a political analyst at the University of Johannesburg, commented on the significance of the ruling in the broader discourse on freedom of speech in South Africa ... in South Africa.
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Cape Town International Jazz Festival delivers a daring fusion of jazz this year

Independent online (SA) 28 Mar 2025
With four stages and over 30 world-class artists, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival remains Africa’s largest festival and one of the top jazz festivals globally. Each new artist announcement ...
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Ecobank Exposes Nigeria’s Creative Industry to $62bn Global Art Sector

This Day 27 Mar 2025
“We are looking at how we can ensure that Nigerian artists who are the most popular in Africa are well represented.” ... The quality of Nigerian artists is definitely the best in Africa.
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Observer’s April Art Fair Calendar

New York Observer 27 Mar 2025
... on the international art circuit—a crossroads where the traditional and the avant-garde aspects of Middle East, North Africa and South Asia’s cultures converge in displays of artistic prowess.
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Julie Mehretu’s BMW Art Car World Tour and the African Film & Media Arts Collective

Tadias 26 Mar 2025
This initiative will host creative workshops in cities such as Dakar, Lagos, and Cape Town, providing a platform for emerging African artists and filmmakers to explore new forms of storytelling and visual expression ... Celebrating Creativity in Africa.
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‘Ways of Knowing’ at the Walker explores new ways to view our world

MinnPost 26 Mar 2025
The artists in the “Poetic Taxonomies” section push against that history ... Paul Island in Alaska and various sites across Europe and North Africa, the artists are “thinking about the role of localized knowledge in a globalized world,” Güiraldes said.
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