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Canada: Justin Trudeau is New Liberal Leader

Credit: cbc.ca Newly elected Liberal Party of Canada Leader Justin Trudeau took to the stage before a crowd of over 1,000 supporters gathered in Ottawa (...)

| April 2013 | 449 views

Musician of the Week: Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi

Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is a Zimbabwean musician (born September 22, 1952 in Highfield, Salisbury). Mtukudzi began performing in 1977 when he joined the (...)

| April 2013 | 1245 views

Musician of the Week: Tony Allen

Tony Oladipo Allen (born August 12, 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who currently lives and works in Paris. He is (...)

| March 2013 | 593 views

Musicians of the Week: Igbo People of Nigeria

Editor’s note: In honour of the late Professor Chinua Achebe, a hero of the Igbo people of Nigeria and the rest of Africa, we present, this week, a brief (...)

| March 2013 | 5359 views

Musician of the Week: Lucky Dube

Lucky Philip Dube (pronounced doo-beh) (3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a South African reggae musician. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and (...)

| February 2013 | 2448 views

Musician of the Week: Emerson Bockarie

Emerson Amidu Bockarie (born on December 23, 1977 in Kenema, Sierra Leone) better known by his first name Emerson is an internationally recognised Sierra (...)

| February 2013 | 1638 views

Musician of the Week: Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, (...)

| January 2013 | 1355 views

Musician of the Week: Jesse Mahlon Lebby

Simplicity in music. This is the watchword of Jesse Mahlon Lebby, Sierra Leonean singer/songwriter, producer and founder of Jem Recordings. Mahlon, who (...)

| January 2013 | 707 views