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Set in 3025, Cape Town Opera’s Aida reinvents itself for a new generation but the voices and the music remain timeless
AFRICAN VOICES

Aida Reimagined: A galactic opera for the ages

Set in 3025, Cape Town Opera’s Aida reinvents itself for a new generation but the voices and the music remain timeless

  • Keith Bain
9 min read
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – 2022/01/29: A Muslim man wearing a protective face mask checks his phone as he walks past a graffiti in Mumbai. Coronavirus graffiti’s are painted to create awareness and spread the message about maintaining social distance, wearing face masks and sanitizing regularly. (Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ASHOK MOCHI

India today: A place between hope and despair

Diversity is especially meant to be celebrated on India’s Republic Day, 26 January. But another legacy haunts the Indian republic — the colonial policy of divide and rule, of…

  • Ruchi Chaturvedi
12 min read
Always in tune: Nolufefe Mtshabe translated the lyrics of the Magic Flute into isiXhosa. (Michelly Rall/Getty Images and Continuum Company)
AFRICA CARMEN

Imizwilili zika Nolufefe ‘Fefe’ Mtshabe

Chorister and opera singer Nolufefe Mtshabe inspired hundreds of pupils to uphold her legacy

  • Robyn Sassen
4 min read