Music in times of war: Song as a form of Ukrainian resistance

Okean Elzy band's lyrics speak to resistance and perseverance A screenshot from Okean Elzy YouTube channel with the title of the song “Misto Vesny” (The City of Spring). In the ...
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Hip hop in Sudan

At the start of the 1960s, Sudanese musicians began incorporating Western influences in their compositions. Brass instruments, accordions, electric guitars, violins, synths and pianos, accentuated by drum kits, produced a ...
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Can music and feminism help heal border conflicts in Central Asia?

Hockey has changed my life forever Screenshot from Manizha's YouTube channel showing her latest song, “Now or Never” about a young rural Kyrgyz woman learning to play ice-hockey This article ...
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A Story Of A Young Afghan Musician

After NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, announced on April 14 2021 that the alliance had decided to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, Taliban forces almost immediately launched an aggressive offensive ...
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Refugee: K’naan and the call to humanise the struggle of millions

For many, home is a word merely describing your country or region of origin. A place you are expected to live in peace, enjoy familial ties and build communal relationships ...
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BANTU charged and relevant as ever on What Is Your Breaking Point?

It must take a rare kind of resolve to continue to lay down the marker with daring political views as Afrobeat masters BANTU have done over the years, particularly on their ...
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Topeka musician navigates society through lyrics, activism and joy

This article was written by Sam Bailey and originally published on the Kansas Reflector webpage under a Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Marty Hillard appears for a July 12, ...
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Digital rights activist groups urge tech giants to defend against Hong Kong’s injunctions against protest anthem

This article was written by Oiwan Lam and originally published on the Global Voices webpage on the 24th of June 2023. The article is republished here in accordance with the ...
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Women in Sudanese music

This article was written by Moses Abeka and originally published on the musicinafrica.net webpage under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialCC BY-NC licence on June 10th 2023. Sudan’s musical traditions have largely ...
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