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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African singer Tyla won her first Grammy for her smash hit Water at the award ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night

©- - 05 february 2024 - 11:56:03 - thread (241 words)


Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - South Africa’s pay television MultiChoice has launched Channel O’s newest music video countdown show - Bots Top 5 in Botswana, to feature the country’s music videos along with exclusive artist interviews

©- - 28 may 2023 - 18:28:11 - thread (372 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian musical instrumdnt, the M'bolon, a traditional musical instrument emblematic of the Manding world, has been listed as an Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), PANA learned from the Malian Ministry of Culture

©- - 21 december 2021 - 18:01:19 - thread (251 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African singer Nomcebo Zikode who sang vocals on the smash-hit "Jerusalema" has been honoured by the US city of Miami

©- - 12 october 2021 - 11:03:07 - thread (178 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s celebrity music producer Master KG on Thursday said he is lucky to be alive after an engine exploded on his aircraft the previous day

©- - 09 september 2021 - 12:10:31 - thread (177 words)


Paris, France (PANA) – The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) has announced an initiative that aims to help musicians and the African music industry in general to take up the new challenges and realities created by the Covid-19 pandemic

©- - 07 september 2020 - 19:01:53 - thread (349 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian city of Sousse is hosting the international music festival, "Women's Voices", from 11 to 18 April, a source close to the organisers said on Sunday

©- - 17 february 2020 - 09:56:46 - thread (145 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) -  The Sega tambour, a  Mauritian type of music that originated from the Chagos archipelago, was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, PANA learnt from official sources in the Mauritian capital, Port Louis

©- - 11 december 2019 - 13:32:16 - thread (306 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The eighth edition of the national Beninese music and the diaspora starts on Monday across the country, organizers said on Saturday

©- - 02 november 2019 - 15:03:13 - thread (191 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Carthage Film Festival's highest award, the Golden Tanit, has been won by a Cameroon's "100% Lornoar" at the 6th Carthage Music Days, which took place in Tunis from 11-18 October

©- - 19 october 2019 - 14:46:29 - thread (175 words)


Tunis Tunisia (PANA)  -  The 13th edition of the world music festival (Mûsîqât) will be held this year from 21-26 October at the Ennejma Ezzahea Palace in Sidi Bou Said in Tunis, seat of the Arab and Mediterranean music center

©- - 13 october 2019 - 19:15:01 - thread (251 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - An-African music library estimated at 55 million euros, will be set up in Brazzaville to serve as a centre for information, reading, consultation, studies and conservation, the president of the African Music Council (CAM), Prof

©- - 03 july 2019 - 11:00:41 - thread (358 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, Friday announced an exclusive global recording agreement with acclaimed Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage

©- - 03 may 2019 - 13:23:23 - thread (487 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe artist-musician Florent Belemgnegre, allias Floby, won the Kunde d'or for the second time on Friday evening, rewarded as the best Burkinabe artist of the year 2019

©- - 27 april 2019 - 13:16:29 - thread (97 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The 14th edition of the Jazz festival in Carthage will be held from 4 to 14 April, in Tunis with the world’s biggest Jazz stars, like the British Kokoroko, Italian Mario Biondi and Frenchman Kimberose, participating, sources close to the organizing committee said

©- - 16 march 2019 - 16:54:24 - thread (99 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Famous Rwandan musician Yvan Burabyo arrived in Bamako, Mali, in the wee hours of Monday where he is expected to hold a mega performance this week as part of his 11-nation African tour

©- - 18 february 2019 - 17:46:25 - thread (150 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The second edition of the international cultural event, 'Carnival of Tunisia for Universal Music' for Peace and Fraternity, which will crisscross several cities around the country, is due to open Thursday in Tunis, PANA learned from the event organizers
©- - 27 december 2018 - 16:35:46 - thread (207 words)


Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Police in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, have cautioned Cynthia Bwalya, a musician popularly known as Kay Figo for the Offence of Prohibition of pornography which is contrary to the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act
©- - 10 december 2018 - 15:33:28 - thread (142 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The arrest of musician and activist Fumba Chama, also known as ‘Pilato’, is a shocking demonstration of how far the Zambian government is prepared to go to strangle all criticism and crack down on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said on Wednesday
©- - 16 may 2018 - 16:32:35 - thread (444 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's ministry of Culture and Tourism has launched a programme called "Ten video clips operation" and "Spring singles operation" in a bid to strengthen the promotion of music in the West African country
©- - 18 august 2015 - 21:25:57 - thread (155 words)


Sibiti, Congo (PANA) – The 10th edition of the Pan-African music festival (FESPAM) will be held from 18 to 25 July in Brazzaville, Congo, under the theme, "The dynamics of African music in the diversity of cultural expressions", Congolese national radio reported on Monday
©- - 13 july 2015 - 20:12:37 - thread (247 words)


Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The American jazz band, Stephane Wrembel Band, begins a tour of Côte d'Ivoire on Friday at the invitation of the US Ambassador, Terence McCulley, to commemorate the 238th anniversary of the US independence
©- - 02 july 2014 - 20:01:46 - thread (203 words)


Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese music group, Toofan, was received triumphantly Tuesday in Lomé on its return from Durban, South Africa, where it won the MTV Music Awards in the category "Best francophone artist", official sources told PANA
©- - 11 june 2014 - 15:05:10 - thread (244 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s music industry has been rocked by the violent death of leading musician Bongani Masuku, who found international stardom as a back-up singer for Johnny Clegg
©- - 18 may 2014 - 17:28:59 - thread (232 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian singer Habib Koité will on Friday 2 May in Bamako release his latest album titled "Saô", which means "At home", PANA has learned from the organizing committee of the event
©- - 25 april 2014 - 20:48:38 - thread (114 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The 12th international edition of the festival, "Nuits des Solistes", begins on Friday in Sousse with the participation of several artistes from Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, Brazil, Cuba, Belgium, USA, Azerbaijan, France and Tunisia
©- - 10 april 2014 - 21:47:48 - thread (121 words)


Lomé,Togo (PANA) – The seventh edition of the international music festival dubbed "Africa Rhythms" is expected to be held from 28 April to 3 May in the Togolese capital, Lomé, sources close to organizers told PANA on Wednesday
©- - 08 april 2014 - 20:10:35 - thread (106 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian musician Salif Kéïta has cancelled his participation in a concert on Friday in Jerusalem, Israel, following threats from a pro-Palestinian group advocating the boycott of Israel, Malian private newspaper “Le Républicain’’ reported on Tuesday
©- - 27 august 2013 - 22:11:54 - thread (130 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - UNESCO’s Director General Irina Bokova on Saturday in Brazzaville reaffirmed her organisation's willingness to support African artists
©- - 14 july 2013 - 14:48:34 - thread (181 words)


Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Music star Christina Aguilera is in Rwanda for a two-day humanitarian visit during which she is billed to tour various Congolese refugee camps before launching several charity projects, PANA learnt here Thursday from official sources
©- - 27 june 2013 - 14:01:59 - thread (124 words)


Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Cuban ambassador in Congo, Mrs Alba Beatriz Solo Pimental, on Thursday said Brazzaville that Cuban artistes would participate in the 9th edition of the Pan-African music festival (FESPAM) to be held from 13 to 20 July in the Congolese capital
©- - 28 february 2013 - 22:25:45 - thread (133 words)


Moroni, Comoros (PANA) – Comorian singer and instrumentalist Mohamed Hassane Mchangama, died here Monday at the age of 81, PANA reports He was buried early in the afternoon in his home town, Ntsaouéni, 30km north Moroni
©- - 28 january 2013 - 15:29:09 - thread (87 words)


Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Kinshasa, the DR Congo capital, "vibrated" Wednesday evening to the beat of more than 100 musicians from french-speaking African countries as leaders from the 75-nation Francophonie gather here for their biennial summit on Friday, PANA reports
©- - 11 october 2012 - 12:37:40 - thread (150 words)