Performing artists push for copyright protection from AI deepfakes
UMBERTO BACCHI WHEN a friend messaged voice actor Bev Standing to ask whether she was the voice of TikTok’s text-to-speech
Read moreUMBERTO BACCHI WHEN a friend messaged voice actor Bev Standing to ask whether she was the voice of TikTok’s text-to-speech
Read moreIN 1991, Marylin Douala Manga Bell and her husband founded Cameroon’s first-ever contemporary art center. Since then, she has been a key enabler of local talent growth – and the emergence of Cameroon’s contemporary artists on the world stage. Now she wants to ensure that their legacy has a more local focus.
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Read moreTHE world has lost one of the great pioneers of the post-independence movement of modern popular music in Senegal. After
Read moreTHE BBC’s announcement that the Rwandan-Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa will play Doctor Who from 2023 is making global headlines. Author
Read moreAN unusual journey through art spaces in Nigeria’s capital takes in not only the country’s past but also questions of identity in Africa’s most populous and culturally diverse country.
Read moreIF there is one musician as commonly associated as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti with the West African musical movements Afrobeat and Afrobeats
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Read moreI first saw Nkosinathi Maphumulo aka Black Coffee perform at Amaros Night Club in Pretoria, South Africa during the late
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