5th - Oct - 2020 FESTIVALS IN Africa East Meets West Festival This is an afro-beat festival that brings talent together from West and East Africa. Western artists meet with eastern artists on the same stage to share W E talent and portray different dynamics. There’s a lot of activities seen at East meets West Festival for example deejays playing the best music, face paint- S ing, performances from different artists in form of a Coachella. East meets west has worked with a couple of artists namely Burna boy, Wizkid, Lapidoe, Mayorkun, Leru, Lagum, King Perry, John Blaq to mention Festival but a few. Gidi Fest This festival usually takes place once a year in Nigeria, Lagos. This festival that’s usually known as the Coachella Lagos which features live bands, deejays and musical performances to be done throughout that day. It attracts numerous people from different countries including Uganda, Kenya, United Kingdom, Ghana, South Africa and Congo. Its sponsors for the festival to be successful include brandit old school, vintage studio, brandna tagline, yellow bepink etc Nyege Nyege Festival Nyege Nyege meaning peace, joy and love is a festival that happens in Jinja town located at the pearl of Africa, Uganda. The festival that was founded in 2015 is one of a kind which happens every September. Its takes duration of four days infused with music, dance and excitement. Over 300 artists travel to Uganda during this time to go perform on nyege nyege and sponsor for this beautiful event has been the South African telecom called MTN. Afro-chella Festival This festival is done to embrace thrilling and thriving millennial talent from and within Africa. The afro-chella festival features celebration of Ghanaian culture in form of art and fashion, live painting and African cuisine perfor- mances. The total number of people who attend varies from 4000-10000 people and Audio Mack is one of the sponsors organising this big event. Cape Town International Jazz Festival The festival that’s annually held in Cape Town, South Africa is the largest musical jazz festival in Africa and the globe worldwide. The festival also referred to as “Africa’s Grandest Gathering” was first held in 2000 to 2005. The Cape Town Jazz Festival is hosted at the Cape Town International Convention Centre each year studded with a line-up of local and international artists. This festival is officially sponsored by Raymond Weil Geneve, Coca-Cola, Scottish Leader, Engen and many more Sound Review. David Adedeji Adeleke Davido David Adedeji Adeleke is a Nigerian a musician slowly paving his way to near god status on the African Music scene. Born in Atlanta, USA on November 12th 1992, Davido as he is commonly known grew up in Nigeria before moving to Alabama aged sixteen to pursue a degree in Business Administration at Oakwood University. Davido however dropped out soon afterwards to pursue his love for music, together with his cousins B-Red and Sina Rambo, he released his first single “Back When” featuring Naeto C in 2011. His breakthrough came through the next year with his hit single “Dami Duro”. Since then he has gone on to establish himself as a giant on the African music scene. Since his 2011 breakthrough Davido has released three studio albums namely Omo Baba Olowo, Son of Mercy and A Good Time as well as numerous hit singles. The husky voiced artist has captured the attention of the entire continent with his music, endorsements and controversies. Davido’s most recent Album A Good Time was a wholesome project filled with catchy tunes and impressive / well working collaborations with the likes of Popcaan, Summer Walker and Chris Brown. The seventeen track album is proof that Davido is truly a force to reckon with on the African music scene as it goes to show how well he understands music and the gigantic strides made from his Debut album Omo Baba Olowo. The album’s production produces a uniform yet unique vibe with each song having an identity of its own. Among the best songs on the album are D&G , Risky and Blow my mind , the intro as well is a catchy jam that is an effective earworm that will leave you humming along to it in your downtime. The album’s popularity is highlighted by the international sold out tour that saw Davido gain his place among a select from African artists that are able to organize a successful international tour with some venues being sold out. The Tour as however cut short by the corona virus outbreak much to everyone’s dismay. Besides his music, OBO has his own successful music label Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) to which he has signed artists such as Mayorkun, Perruzi etc. OBO is a father of three is currently engaged to Nigerian TV personality Chioma Rowland who happens to be the mother of his third Son. Check out Davido’s music on his YouTube channel @ Davido or on his social media platforms @Davido on twitter and @davidoofficial on Instagram. 4 Ur Ears Only Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola Dj Cuppy Dj Cuppy Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola born November 11th, 1992 professionally known as CUPPY is a Nigerian disc Jockey and producer. She is the daughter of Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola. CUPPY grew up in Lagos Nigerian but moved to London at the age of 13 for further studies Over the years, DJ Cuppy has delivered astonishing Musical works including Green light featuring Tekno , Abena featuring kwesi Arthur , shaydee and Ceeza milli which were hit songs. On the 21st of August 2020, Dj cuppy released a 12 track album titled ORIGINAL COPY. The album features different African acts namely Rema, Fireboy , Teni , Nonso Amadi , Stonebwoy , Seyi shay and others. The entire album is about 31 minutes. Cuppy collaborated with thirteen different acts from Africa and the tracklist is as follows. 1. Epe ft Efya 2. Jollof on the Jet ft Rema & Ray Vanny 3. Wale ft Wyclef 4. Feel Good ft. Fireboy 5. Cold Heart Killer ft Darkoo 6. Original Copy *Interlude* 7. Karma ft Stonebwoy 8. Litty Lit ft Teni 9. 54 ft Sir Shina Peters & Julian Marley 10. Guilty Pleasure ft Nonso Amadi 11. P.O.Y. ft Ycee & Ms Banks 12. Labalaba ft Seyi Shay Movie Review. POWER BOOK II: GHOST The series that premiered on 20th of September 2020 is a continuation of the original series Power. It has the son of late Ghost (St. Patrick) taking over the father’s legacy which he does balancing his school and fighting for his mother who is apparently accused of killing Ghost and when his options are countable, he turns to a drug game similar to the one the father ran. The starz crime drama focuses on Tariq St. Patrick who grapples with his father dead and mother, Tasha facing charges for something the son did. The series cast include Michael Rainey Jr, Shane Johnson, Gianni Paolo, Melanie Liburd, Mary J Blige, and Naturi Naughton. AFRICAN FOOD AND WHERE IT ORIGINATES Even though Africa is often referred to as if it were a country, Africa is actually a continent. There are dozens of African cultures and from each come different types of traditional foods. There’s no one “African” cuisine, but there are hundreds of yummy local delicacies. Let’s take a look at the top 6 traditional African foods and where they originate. BUNNY CHOW (SOUTH AFRICA) KOSHARI (EGYPT) There aren’t any bunnies in bunny chow, nor is this dish Koshari is a traditional dish in Egypt that almost all fed to bunnies, but the dish is both yummy and environ- families eat. It’s made from rice, macaroni, lentils, chick- mentally friendly. Instead of cups or bowls, hollowed-out peas, and garlic. For the sauce, there’s a hot tomato loaves of bread hold spicy curry. That means you can sauce that you pour all over the rice. You can find this eat your curry and have your bread too. To try some dish in the streets or at takeaway places all over Egypt. bunny chow, head to South Africa. Preparations Preparations 1. Pick a large saucepan and combine the lentils and 1. Heat the oil in a pan, add onions, garlic, ginger, water. Boil the mixture until they simmer for about 25min- cinnamon stick, curry leaves, cardamom pods, and utes. curry powder and mix all until they sizzle. 2. The heat should be medium. Rice should be added to the lentils and simmer for additional 20 minutes. Stop 2. Add tomatoes followed by chicken, stir for about 2-3 when rice is tender. minutes. Add chicken stock/water if necessary to 3. Fill another saucepan with salted water. Boil and add prevent burns. your macaroni and the mixture is cooked for about 8 3. Next add chickpeas, potatoes, and chicken broth minutes until it is tender. about one and half cup. You can add more if needed 4. Drain the macaroni and boil till it simmers. 5. The vegetable is heated on medium heat and after 4. Adjust for salt, pepper, and stew consistency. add garlic and onion; cook and stir. 6. Stop when the onion changes colour to light brown. Tomatoes, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes are added next. Over medium heat simmer for 15 minutes 7. Get a serving plate or dish and stir together the mac- aroni, rice and lentils. Mix your tomato sauce and stop when the dish is coated evenly News FORMER KAMPALA MAYOR NASSER NTEGE SSEBAGALA DIES. Former Kampala Mayor, Nasser Ntege Ssebagala also known as Seya has passed on. He was born on 1947 and died in international Hospital Kampala (IHK).