African Artists Who Carry Fela’s Blueprint

...In Sound, Stance, and Spirit

Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti did not leave behind a genre that could be easily copied. What he left was a blueprint for how African artists could exist in public. Afrobeat was the sound, but the philosophy ran deeper: music as public speech, culture as power, and identity as something to be asserted rather than negotiated.

Fela collapsed the distance between art and citizenship. He insisted that musicians were not decorative figures but participants in national life, accountable to society and unafraid of consequence. Decades after his death, Afrobeat has diversified dramatically, but his presence has not disappeared. It has dispersed into pop, rap, alternative, folk, and experimental spaces.

This is not a list of imitators. It is a map of inheritance. Each artist here carries a part of Fela’s blueprint, adapted, contested, expanded, but unmistakably rooted in the world he forced into being.

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Rescue dogs become runway stars at Cape Town’s Re-Loved Fashion Show

In November, fashion meets fur in Cape Town as models hit the runway hand in paw with rescue dogs in a unique show that’s as much about compassion as couture.

The Re-Loved Fashion Show will transform secondhand garments into high fashion, while giving homeless dogs a chance to strut their stuff and find forever homes.

Guests will see top Cape Town designers and promising students rummage through TEARS’ thrift shop racks, picking preloved items to reimagine as original couture.

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Coco Jones Takes It Back to the Early 2000s in Dolce & Gabbana Lace-up Dress for DKMS Gala

Coco Jones went back to the early 2000s in her Dolce & Gabbana dress for the 19th annual DKMS Gala on Tuesday night in New York City.

The Grammy Award-winning singer wore a look from the Italian luxury fashion house’s 2003 collection, featuring sensual lace-up elements evocative of corsetry and bondage in equal measure. The burgundy satin gown was juxtaposed by the black laces running throughout the dress.

Lace-up detailing was featured running down the front of the bodice, at the hips, the neckline and skirt in sinuous patterning. The sensual look was further augmented by sheer fabric on the skirt as well, refining fabric contrast and creating a small, flowing train at the back.

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Generational shift as millennials make up half of new buy-to-let investors in England and Wales

The average rent for a newly let home in Britain fell
by 0.3% in the year to September.
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Millennials now account for half of new buy-to-let investors in England and Wales, signalling a generational shift in landlords, while rents have dipped, according to a report.

It is a surprise finding, as many millennials – people born between 1981 and 1996 – have struggled to afford a housing purchase, which means they are less likely than older generations to own their home. Even so, some have clearly fared better, and millennials are leading the charge in buy-to-let investment, according to analysis of Companies House data by the estate agent Hamptons.

For the first time, millennials made up 50% of all new shareholders in buy-to-let companies set up so far this year. Five years ago, they made up 40% of buy-to-let shareholders.

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Lekau Sehaona reinvents himself With Kite SA sneakers following Drip’s demise

Entrepreneur and founder of Drip Footwear Lekau Sehaona, has revealed his first product runners by Kite SA, his new company.

The move comes after Drip footwear was liquidated last year following a successful five-year journey.

Taking to social media, Sehaona revealed the Kite runner. He explained that the brand helped him when the storms of doubt and fear lingered above his head.

“I looked up and found my voice, my purpose.

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