Israel Mbonyi stands as the sole Rwandan artist nominated for the 2025 Trace Awards, an event celebrating Afro-urban music and culture.

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Longtime readers of the New York Times know that opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof can be prone to outlandish claims. Years ago he promoted the amusing idea that the biblical Jesus favored big ...

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Once overshadowed by Africa’s renowned rural safaris, Rwanda's capital, Kigali, is swiftly gaining a reputation as a luxury travel destination. With gleaming new hotels, a burgeoning ...

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Or is it an invasion of privacy? Syrian rebel forces took Damascus this weekend, ending a decades-long regime and continuing a series of events that have shaken the region since Hamas’s Oct. 7 ...

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While some of those artists are staging their own headline shows, others are on the line-ups of music festivals with both multi-genre and Hallyu-only line-ups. The announcements have been coming ...