"Africa is the future of metal." These are the words of Rock Ahavi, the singer, founder and chief songwriter with Arka’n Asrafokor, the electrifying metal band putting their home country of Togo on ...

Africa's metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa's metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in... Skinflint. Vulvodyinia. Metal Orizon. Wrust.

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Africa’s metal scene has been quiet compared to its counterparts on other continents. Duma rectify that, and loudly. Vocalist Martin Khanja (aka Lord Spike Heart) and guitarist and producer Sam Karugu ...

One of the most pernicious lies told by slaveholders and nations built on slavery to relieve them of their guilt contends that enslaved people, on occasion, benefitted from skills acquired while ...

Foreword / Lee Anne Chesterfield -- Acknowledgments / Susan Cooksey -- Strength, majesty, and beauty / John Dintenfass -- Introduction: Peace, power, and prestige: metal arts in Africa / Susan Cooksey ...

SIGHTLINES increases the visibility of African art, bringing metal arts from the 19th and 20th centuries together with works by contemporary African artists. Detail of Amanda Williams, "Semper ...

Skinflint. Vulvodyinia. Metal Orizon. Wrust. Demorogoth Satanum. You probably haven't heard of these names, but they're just some of the many African heavy metal bands featured in Edward Banchs' new ...