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R&B star Erykah Badu is under fire from human rights activists after performing for Swaziland’s controversial King Mswati III. The singer serenaded Mswati for his 46th birthday as a favor for a friend last Thursday, but was unaware of the leader’s reputation, which includes criticisms of his polygamy and lavish lifestyle in the poor nation, […]

Three South Africans have been selected for the top eight for the Hennessy Talent Quest. Bongi Mvuyana, Tresor Riziki and Muzart, stand a chance to perform at the 2014 Blues Passion Festival, but they need fan support to get them to Cognac. Mvuyana is an alternative singer whose single I wonder has been playlisted on radiation stations […]

ONE OF THE most succinct and articulate quotes on mainstream hip-hop over the past decade came from Erykah Badu and is doing the rounds on social media again. It goes a little something like this: How y’all gonna stand by and let our music turn into pop techno cornball ass music? Well Erykah, I don’t know, […]

Covent Garden, August 3-4, 2013 LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 15, 2013–The Africa Centre is incredibly excited to announce that the headline act at next month’s Summer Festival will be the international star and neo-soul singer, Nneka. Nneka first came to prominence in 2004 when she appeared as a warm-up act for reggae star, Sean Paul, at his […]