For the first time in the history of BET Sunday Best gospel talent show, the judges which include Donnie Mc Clurkin, Kim Burell, Nigerian gospel singer Muyiwa Olawaju and Kirk Franklin. Travelled all the way to Nigeria, Africa in search for one contestant to represent Africa amongst other US hopefuls. Although judging from the auditions [...]

This much-anticipated show promises to highlight some great African musicians!

The British Council will conclude its Words and Pictures (WAPI) series with a festival dubbed “I Rep Africa” at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel courtyard on May 8. The festival is a celebration of what it means to be young and African in the 21st century. It’s an event for Ghana’s established stars to come [...]

Africa’s music scene loses another great rapper.

Sidney Sladen, a top Bollywood designer, dressed the gorgeous Anushka for the Galatta Cinema Magazine photo shoot.  Anushka looked ravishing in her outfits and helped Galatta Cinema Magazine launch it’s new look for 2010.
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Sidney Sladen, a Kenyan/India designer, has already had a great 2009 with the opening of his third boutiqueat Le Meridien in Chennai, participation in [...]

These fit grannies aim to make a splash in the soccer tournament

Jackie Appiah’s talent continues to shine on the big screen

Ghana’s fastest rapper, Sarkodie made history at the 2010 Ghana Music Awards when he became the first artiste to ever win the Artiste of the Year nod with a debut album. The most outstanding artiste of the year also topped the ceremony with 4 other awards on a night filled with excitement, anxiety, rollicking performances [...]

Nigerian born-Benin raised king of bling maker, Chris Aire is unstoppable still crafting some of the most well crafted expensive pieces of jewelleries, for some of the most great names in the world, politicians, Oscar winners, movie stars, Grammy winners and much more.

Recently Chris showcased his new limited-edition glamour collection, which is inspired by the 1930’s-1940’s [...]

South African artists not happy with choice of musicians for FIFA concert

The Mataano twins garner CNN’s attention

To celebrate their 10th anniversary in the UK, “Olay” the cosmetic company have chosen Thandie Newton to be the new face of “Olay” Total Effects collection. The Total Effects products focus on minimising lines, providing nourishing moisture, enhancing tone, exfoliating, refining pores, defeating anti-oxidants and firming skin.
Thandie said in a statement,” Olay is a brand [...]

After pushing back her album release date to from February 9th to April 7th, the wait was definitely worth it. “OYO”  is Angie’s newest master piece which hits the stores today. It is a 16thtrack album infused with intoxicating rhythms, soul, jazz and Angie’s Benin trademark.
In this album Angie pays tribute to the song’s of [...]

Liquideep puts out another masterpiece featuring Nonhle Thema

Mamadou Diabate was born in Kita, a Malian city of the Manding people of West Africa. Inspired by his father Djelimory,  well known for playing the kora, the jeli’s venerable 21-string harp, Mamadou  followed in his fathers footstep and began his journey as a kora player, travelling his region sharing his gift at numerous events.
Now [...]