South African artist Tyla has been one of the most prominent African artists in recent months. She ended 2024 as she started it.
In February in the United States, she won a prize at the Grammy Awards then two trophies at the BET Awards and finally she was honored in three categories during the MTV Europe Music Awardsa first for an African artist.
Another trophy won, that of South African comedian presenter Trevor Noah, for best entertainment program for his show, during the 75th Emmy Awards ceremony in the United States.
The Berlinale, one of the major global film festivals, has been described as a very committed edition in 2024 and it is the Franco-Senegalese Mati Diop which made the entire Berlin jury agree by making an equally committed choice. With his documentary Dahomey, Mati Diop films the restitution of 26 royal treasures in Benin stolen by the French colonial army in 1892. She wins the supreme award, the Golden Bear.
And the debate on the return of stolen objects continued Ghanathe country mobilized to take possession of antiquities looted 150 years ago by British colonial forces. He was able to recover royal regalia from the ancient Asante kingdom.
For Uganda, the time has not yet come for restitution. These objects were instead loaned to him by the University of Cambridge when the country hoped to recover them permanently.
It is an architectural masterpiece and it took a long time to complete. It is now done. Africa’s largest mosque inaugurated in Algeria. It cost nearly 900 million dollars and can accommodate 120,000 people.
The Moroccan capital, Rabat, is home to 54 publishing houses and organizes one of the most important international book and publishing fairs in Africa. A piece of news that explains that the city has been designated world book capital 2026 by UNESCOit became Rabat, is the twenty-sixth city to bear this title since 2001. The United Nations body which wanted to salute its commitment to the democratization of knowledge.
The streets and certain corners of Dakar hosted the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, known as Dak’Art, an unmissable event for art world amateurs and professionals. the Senegalese capital for a few weeks highlights African creativity.
The story ends well for Miss Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina finished first runner-up at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico. The young woman who was born in Soweto had to withdraw from the Miss South Africa competition after xenophobic attacks on social media regarding her nationality. And it is under the Nigerian flag, her father’s country, that she will have the opportunity to shine in Mexico. She was the only African to have lined up in the top 5.
In 2024 they bowed out, the Malian musician Toumani Diabaté, master of the kora, he was 58 years old.
South African writer Breyten Breytenbachemblematic figure of the fight against apartheid, Quincy Jones, a giant of American music and who is one of the main architects of the international success We Are the World of USA for Africa.
Finally, American actor John Amos, unforgettable for his role as Kunta Kinte in the mini-series –Roots.
