Regional and knowledge integration: Why integration of science is key to functional political, economic institutions
No integration scheme, such as East African Community or Nile Basin Initiative will succeed until we embrace, institutionalise and implement the new sciences as the cornerstones of education in the 21st century and beyond.
Best African music performance is now new category in 2024 Grammy Awards
Two existing categories have been moved to the general field, which means that all Grammy voters can participate in selecting the winners: producer of the year, non-classical and songwriter of the year, non-classical, the latter of which was first introduced this past year.
Rock & Roll: Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Chaka Khan rock crowd at Hall of Fame 50th anniversary
The ceremony’s strong representation of Black and women artists this year came not long after the hall removed Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner from its board of directors. Wenner, who also co-founded the hall, had said that Black and female musicians “didn’t articulate at the level” of the white musicians featured in his new book of interviews. He later apologised.
American rock’n’roll icon Elvis Presley shot back to life again via wife Priscilla’s film on their time together
Presley’s book, nearly 40 years old at this point, reveals things about Elvis that are, at best, unflattering. Everyone knows they met when she was 14 and he was 24. But his controlling and sometimes volatile behavior, dictating exactly what she looked like, what she was allowed to do and whom she was allowed to spend time with, might still come as a surprise to some.
Africa’s cultural conquest of West has gained pace through music, industrialisation is limping
African fashion had its own shows in Paris and Milan. In Venice, Africa is the focus of this year’s Architectural Biennale. Last year, an architect from Burkina Faso won the prestigious Pritzker Prize. In 2021, Tanzania-born Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
From country music to pop music icon: Transition of Taylor Swift’s 2014 nostalgia to 2023 reality
Taylor Swift’s reimagined 1989 is here, the album that ushered in the first Peak Swift era – revisited at the height of her massive pop culture dominance. Released in 2014 and named for her birth year, the original “1989” signified a sonic rebirth. Swift had shed the Nashville country roots...
London court finds woman guilty of abetting genital mutilation of a girl in Kenya 17 years later
Mr Justice Bryan thanked jurors for sitting on a case which they may have found “emotional”. He granted Noor conditional bail ahead of her sentencing at the same court on December 20.
Resetting Uganda: Need for broader minds to dismantle education pigeon holes Ugandans are fed in
It is perhaps Hobbes’ observation and awareness that the logical outcome of egotistical individuals, all deciding how best to survive, would be anarchy, that should spur Ugandans to think and rethink their future in light of what is happening. They might even have to rethink the commitment of their leaders to their need for tranquil minds and peace well in the future.
Spiritual vs physical world: It’s not God or angels who torment people in hell, people in hell torture each other
In his book Swedenborg says that he was allowed to experience the process of dying and being awakened in the spiritual world so that he could tell people on earth what it was like. He describes how angels sat beside him, unseen by most because angels are in the spiritual world.
India’s top court declines to legalise same-sex marriage 5 years after Supreme Court unbanned gay sex
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had opposed the petitions, calling them “urban elitist views” and stating that parliament is the right platform to debate and legislate on the matter.
