Category: Entertainment
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Xsolla teams up with Early Warning Services to enable Paze℠ to streamline online checkout for U.S. gamers
At Xsolla, we believe that delivering convenient, secure, and innovative payment solutions is essential to the success and long-term growth of game developers around the world. Every solution we build is designed with the developer’s business needs and the player’s experience in mind because games thrive when payments are seamless. As part of our ongoing…
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Marcyliena H. Morgan, Scholar Who Brought Hip-Hop to the Academy, Dies at 75
Marcyliena H. Morgan, the visionary linguistic anthropologist who founded Harvard University’s Hip Hop Archive & Research Institute and championed hip-hop as a subject of serious academic study, died on September 28 in a Boston hospital due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 75. A professor in Harvard’s Department of African and African American Studies,…
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🇳🇬 Ciara’s recent visit to Lagos for Lagos Fashion Week
Ciara’s recent visit to Lagos for Fashion Week is more than a simple celebrity trip; it represents a significant “homecoming” and underscores a growing trend of American artists engaging with Africa’s vibrant creative industries. This movement is fostering cultural connections and directing international attention and investment toward sectors like fashion, tourism, and the arts. 🏡…
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🇳🇬 Obama Honors Fela Kuti in New Podcast, Celebrating Music and Activism
Former US President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, describing him as a “musical genius” in a new documentary podcast series that explores the powerful fusion of art and activism. The podcast, produced by Obama’s media company, Higher Ground, highlights Fela’s enduring global influence nearly three decades after…
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Hollywood vs. The Pentagon: A Clash Over Missile Defense and a $50 Billion “Dome”
A new political drama is unfolding, not on the floor of the UN, but on the screens of Netflix and in the corridors of the US Pentagon. The spark is acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow’s latest thriller, A House of Dynamite, which depicts a chilling scenario where American missile defenses fail to stop a nuclear attack…
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🇧🇫 The Griot’s Call: Tiken Jah Fakoly, Burkina Faso, and the Sound of West African Consciousness
In the diverse landscape of African music, artists carve out distinct niches. While global superstars like Nigeria’s Burna Boy conquer international charts and stadiums, the profound resonance of an artist like Ivorian reggae legend Tiken Jah Fakoly in a country like Burkina Faso is rooted in a different soil—that of political consciousness, pan-Africanism, and a…
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Generations of Resistance: D’Angelo, Bobby Seale and the Blueprint for Revolutionary Education
A Historic Convergence in Oakland In a powerful meeting of artistic and activist legacies, Bobby Seale, the 86-year-old co-founder of the Black Panther Party, recently welcomed D’Angelo for a profound dialogue about racial injustice at the very birthplace of the movement—Oakland, California. As the R&B star walked the streets where the Panthers once organized community…
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🇯🇵 Japan Warns OpenAI That It Won’t Tolerate Sora 2 Copying Anime
OpenAI’s text-to-video AI model Sora 2 can make wonders and create unbelievably believable videos, including anime. But we should not forget that AI generates stuff from the media it takes from humans – something OpenAI has been in court for several times now. Well, Japan is not going to stand aside and watch its cultural…
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🇪🇹 Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Launches “Pulse of Africa,” A New Pan-African Media Platform to Reclaim the Continent’s Narrative
In a significant move to challenge long-standing negative stereotypes and reshape how the world sees the continent, Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed has officially launched “Pulse of Africa,” a new Pan-African media platform. The initiative, announced by the Prime Minister on his social media channels, is designed to counter what he describes as persistent…
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🎤 Respect the Technique: Hip-Hop and Technology Conference
This interdisciplinary gathering will explore how technology is shaping, challenging, and transforming Hip-Hop culture—from digital production, streaming, and AI to NFTs, coding, and beyond. We invite artists, scholars, students, and practitioners to submit proposals for: This conference is a space where creative practice meets critical scholarship—bridging the academy, the community, and the industry.
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