AfricaResource The Place for Africa on the Net

Dobet Gnahoré, a singer, dancer and percussionist from the Ivory Coast, inherited the force of the “Bété“ tradition from her father, Boni Gnahoré, a master percussionist who plays with the Abidjan-based Ki-Yi Mbock Company, directed by Werewere Liking.

It was within this Ivory Coast-based company that Dobet met French guitarist Colin Laroche de Féline, who went there to immerse himself in African melodies and rhythms, after being introduced to them by Toroma Sika in France.

Yaba Badoe is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker and writer.

A graduate of King’s College Cambridge, she worked as a civil servant in Ghana before becoming a General Trainee with the BBC. She has taught in Spain and Jamaic, and was previously a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. She has worked as a producer and director making documentaries for the main terrestrial channels in Britain and the University of Ghana in Accra.

Nile is a Soul, Hip Hop and R&B singer/song writer and music producer based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Nile has brought fresh Hip Hop beats and the urban fusion of Neo-Soul and R&B to Dubai’s local music scene. A diverse artist, Nile plays several musical instruments, such as the guitar, bass guitar and the keyboard. The acoustic guitar remains Nile's instrument of choice especially for live performances. Some of Nile's musical influences are artists such as Steve Wonder, Baby Face, Tupac, Mos Def, D'Angelo, and Maxwell.

Nile has written and produced over 40 songs. His single Lonely was played in Dubai's Radio One, as well as the singles Still in Love and Get With Me, which were also played on Sudan's 99.3 FM. He performed live at several music events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. His music appeals to diverse groups of people of all ages.

African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June-September 1960). Forced out of office during a political crisis, he was assassinated a short time later.

Lumumba was born on July 2, 1925 in the village of Onalua in Kasai province, Belgian Congo. He was a member of the small Batetela ethnic group, a fact that was to become significant in his later political life. His two principal rivals, Moise Tshombe, who led the breakaway of the Katanga province, and Joseph Kasavubu, who later became the nation's president, both came from large, powerful ethnic groups from which they derived their major support, giving their political movements a regional character. In contrast, Lumumba's movement emphasized its all-Congolese nature.

Hailed by the New York Times as one of the great modern dancers of his time, Desmond Richardson is a multi-talented artist who has mastered a wide range of dance forms including classical, modern, and contemporary. Richardson’s immense talent was first recognized as a student at New York High School for the Performing Arts during which time he received a merit scholarship from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (1983-1986) and the International Academie des Tanz in Koln, Germany (1984-1985). He is also a recipient of a Presidential Scholar Award for the Arts (1986).