Culture

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Five reasons African music deserves it’s own award ceremony

Does African music have an impact on the global stage? Hell yes! The Grammy Awards have long been seen as the most prestigious award in music. Pictures of outstanding artists holding the coveted gilded gramophone…

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Five Cool Bookstores in Nairobi

For the longest time, despite the presence of books and bookstores, there has been the common misconception that Kenyans do not have a reading culture. Perhaps you can blame a school system that pushed reading…

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Movie Review: Just In Time

Just in Time, a Kenyan rom-com debuted on Netflix a few weeks ago and made it to the top ten most watched shows on the streaming service. Just in Time stars Kenyan actress Sarah Hassan…

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Thomas Sankara, is this justice 34 years on?

Burkina Faso is finally getting some form of justice for the murder of slain president and pan-African, Thomas Sankara. Exiled president Blaise Compaoré will be tried in absentia for the assassination of his compatriot Thomas…

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Quarantunes 2.0: Your African playlist for 2021

Is the lockdown getting you down? Here are some great quarantunes to listen to and get you through this panoramic, from Nviiri to Fally there is something for eveyone.

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