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Lonestar Cell MTN Launches Liberia’s First Nationwide Music Contest

Lonestar Cell MTN Liberia has launched the ‘MTN Y’ello Star’ competition to feature Young Liberians across the country and help them showcase their vocal abilities in its first nationwide music.

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Nigeria’s Burna Boy and Wizkid Feature On the Global Stage as They Win Grammys

Nigeria’s Burna Boy and Wizkid have made Africa proud by emerging as winners in two separate categories of the Grammys, with Burna Boy winning the Best Global Music Album category.

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NOLLYWOOD: An Industry with Immense Potential for Investors

By Alkali Amana As an entrepreneur, 39-year-old chemistry graduate Jason Njoku achieved success in a most unlikely way – he is the founder and CEO of IrokoTV, one of the.

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African Style Makes History at Paris Haute Couture Week

For the first time in the history of Paris haute couture fashion week, African style makes its first appearance on the runway of the biannual event. The designs were created.

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Nigeria: Burna Boy Nominated for Grammy Awards 

Abuja, Nigeria: Africa’s leading Afrobeat sensation, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy has been nominated for the 62nd Grammy Awards.    Burna Boy’s Grammy nomination was announced in a statement.

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Ainaism (Colouring Outside The Lines): Nigerian Artist Introduces His Art Form

Masked artist Yusuff Abogunde is working on his latest project painting the walls of a studio he shares with other artists in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos. He calls his art.

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Award-winning Nigerian-British Poet Seeks to Give Girls A Voice

Award-winning poet Theresa Lola recently met with girls from conflict-affected parts of Nigeria for a poetry workshop. Nigerian-British poet Theresa Lola is holding a workshop in Abuja. As the current.

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New Mozambican Film Hits Spotlight.

Mozambique’s latest cinematic offering, ‘Redemption’, is set in the heart of Maputo, the country’s capital, and tells a story of a young ex-convict Bruno Pereira. It took Mahla Films, a.

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Kenyan Breaks Guinness World Record For Longest Cooking

Maliha Mohammed, a 36-year-old chef from Mombasa, Kenya, cooked for 75 hours non-stop, setting the new record on Sunday, August 18 at Kenya Bay Beach Resort in Mombasa. The chef,.

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French Group, Canal+ Acquires Lagos-based ROK TV

French pay-TV group Canal+ has acquired African film and television studio ROKTV, marking the first international acquisition in Nigeria’s film industry, popularly known as Nollywood. Lagos-based ROK, which announced the.

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