‘Nunmania’ is here: Rosalía revives controversial convent craze

Is there a nun craze sweeping the world? The announcement of Rosalía’s new album, titled Lux, seems to be making everything related to nuns trendy, including contemplation, enlightenment, and even the wimple. But this is late 2025, and the singer...

Melania Trump ditches strict fashion rule for the Navy's 250th anniversary

Niamh Spence Freelance Showbiz Reporter 18:05 ET, 05 Oct 2025 Melania Trump ditches strict fashion rules to wear MAGA hat at Navy's 250th anniversary alongside Donald Trump(Image: Getty Images) Melania Trump has appeared to flout her own style...

Russia Expands Education Ties with Congo as Museum of African Cultures Takes Shape

Moscow State University hosted a virtual dialogue on September 30 that revealed how deeply Russian education has embedded itself in Central African governance structures. The telebridge connecting Moscow and Brazzaville wasn’t just diplomatic...

SHOCK as it emerges that DIANA WA PATELO has a teenage son with a Congolese ‘millionaire’ who was nabbed in Spain with 200kgs of cocaine (PHOTOs)

Saturday, October 4, 2025 - Diana wa Patelo, who shot to fame after tying the knot with upcoming rapper, VJ Patelo, in their viral Odi ghetto wedding, is once again the subject of controversy after explosive details surfaced online. It has now...

African music and dance to take over Leicester museum for Black History Month

Liverpool-born author Malik Al Nasir will be at Leicester’s Central Library on Wednesday 8 October to talk about his forthcoming book, Searching For My Slave Roots.(Image: Leicester City Council) African music, dance and storytelling are coming to...

RECORDING: Groundbreaking Traditional + New Musical Conversations On The Balafon + Guitars From Mande Trio, Guitari Baro

First new artist release through Chrysalis Global, an imprint of Chrysalis Records Produced by an A-list team: Dudu Sarr, Lucy Durán + Pape Armand Boye “Three outstanding Malian and Guinean griots…. Co-produced by Dudu Sarr, Lucy Durán and Pape...

Fondation Cartier’s new home opens in Paris, in a prized spot facing the Louvre

Vivian Song Paris, France (CNN) — After a years-long renovation project, the Fondation Cartier art museum will open its doors on Saturday to its new home, opposite the Louvre in Paris. While little has changed externally, the stately 19th-century...

Conservative Anglicans break off from Church of England over LGBT ‘blessings’ in major split

(LifeSiteNews) — The Anglican Communion, a global body of around 85 million Christians who adhere to the theology and spirituality of the protestant Church of England, has experienced a major schism. An October 15 statement from the Global...

Letter from the Congo: Growing the church in Walikale

Every day I get news from Walikale, and usually it is encouraging. Walikale is our archdeaconry in the forest, ‘rediscovered’ by the diocese about four years ago to become one of our main mission priorities, where there is an open door for the...

Glastonbury and Coachella set the stage for $400bn music tourism growth

Music festivals including Glastonbury and Coachella are driving a boom in music tourism, with the global market forecast to reach US$400.5 billion by 2032, according to new research The global music tourism market is expected to reach US$400.5...

San Antonio Zoo enhances visitor experience with new sculptures and art installations

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Zoo is enhancing its visitor experience with new sculptures and art installations as part of the openings of The Ralston and Congo Falls exhibits, according to a news release. For decades, visitors have posed with the...

The economic impact of digitising Zimbabwe’s sungura music

Sungura music, a vibrant fusion of traditional Zimbabwean sounds and contemporary influences, has long been a staple of the country's cultural identity. As the music industry faces challenges, digitising sungura music presents a unique opportunity...

I’M NOW MORE ZIMBABWEAN THAN CONGOLESE, SAYS RHUMBA STAR

Trust Khosa Zimpapers Entertainment Hub PITSHOU Lumiere of Diamond Musica has been resident in this country for more than two decades and says he now feels more Zimbabwean than Congolese. The rhumba star says the hospitality of Zimbabweans is...

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival 2025: Full line-up as 47th year kicks off

Lamarotte Jazz band from the Netherlands jazzing through the streets of Kinsale for the Guinness Kinsale Jazz Festival. (Image: John Allen) The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival will once again light up Cork this October Bank Holiday Weekend for its...

Israel is not a Colonizing Power

Along with other screams, those protesting Israel call it a colonial power; Palestine has been colonized. Yes, there have been lots of colonial powers. And the behavior of these countries leads to the definition of a colonizer. A colonizing...

Kalahari: Original African Art At America’s Largest Waterparks

Left to right: Todd Nelson III, Todd Nelson Jr., Natasha Lucke, Shari Nelson, sculptor Godwill Ruona, Todd Nelson, and Ruona's assistant Eddie Zimunya in front of an ironwood elephant sculpture by Ruona acquired by the Nelsons at Victoria Falls...

Kenya’s Protest Movement Is Producing Some Radical New Music

In the summer of 2024, protests in Kenya against an unpopular tax-raising proposal led to at least 60 deaths, mostly at the hands of police, according to a local watchdog group. Undeterred, scores of people took to the streets again this summer to...

Togo’s Robust Church: Coffee, Couture, and Copious Vocations

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles from Africa by Victor Gaetan, which began with Cameroon. LOMÉ, Togo — Coffee production requires great devotion, especially if those harvesting the beans are Catholic monks. High in a...

Tune-Yards: Let’s Try Anything, Let’s Try Everything

Photo: Shervin Lainez *** Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, the art-pop duo who perform as Tune-Yards, were dancing in the kitchen with their 2-year-old son, Leo, when they decided to surrender to the flow and feel the funk. “We had made a playlist...

Black Americana Fest seeks to reclaim Americana music

Music in New Orleans is not merely entertainment. It is identity, history, and survival, according to Black Americana Fest. The festival was created to reclaim space in the Americana and Folk genres that have been forgotten. It celebrates untold...