#African

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim dies aged 91

The South African jazz composer and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has died at the age of 91. His family announced his death in a statement released on Monday.

‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

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World news | The Guardian•Jun 5

‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent met in Ghana.The draft African charter.

World•World news | The Guardian•Apr 29

‘It will never cover what’s authentic’: African music industry weighs up AI risks and rewards

L ast July, the Nigerian singer-songwriter Fave found herself caught up in a viral moment: an unauthorised version of a track featuring an AI choir had been released, quickly becoming an internet sensation. To get ahead of the situation, she recorded her own remix that integrated the AI-assisted song and added it to her discography. “In my view, [that] was smart and very business aware,” Oyinkansola Fawehinmi, a Lagos-based entertainment lawyer, observed a few months later.

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World•World news | The Guardian•Apr 16

South African politician Julius Malema given five-year jail term for gun offence

The South African leftwing politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle in the air at a political rally in 2018. Lawyers for the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s fourth largest political party, immediately appealed, and Malema will remain free while the appeal proceedings are under way. His lawyers said they would petition a higher court for leave to appeal against the conviction as well.

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World•World news | The Guardian•Mar 27

‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece

On the second floor of the Reina Sofía, in the very spot where Picasso’s Guernica was first exhibited when it arrived in the Madrid museum 34 years ago, there now hangs a smaller, near-namesake of the Spanish.

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