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KENDRICK LAMAR AND 'MOVE AFRIKA: RWANDA' LIGHT UP KIGALI WITH SOLD OUT SHOW, LAUNCHING THE FIRST PAN-AFRICAN TOURING CIRCUIT HEADLINED BY INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

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KIGALI, Rwanda, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The first ever Move Afrika event, held tonight in Kigali, was unlike any live show Rwanda has seen before. A light-filled, sold-out BK Arena hosted Move Afrika: Rwanda, a spectacular night of music, culture, and advocacy that took East African entertainment to new heights and will be remembered for years to come as the birth of the first pan-African touring circuit for international artists.

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  • Bruce Melodie opened the night with an energetic performance that included his smash hits 'Katerina', 'When She's Around' and 'Henzapu.'
  • Rwandan poet Fred Mfuranzima treated the audience to a spoken word performance of his moving poem, 'The Unstoppable Sea'.
  • We are looking forward to hosting global citizens every year, here in Kigali, through Move Afrika.
  • "Global Citizen and pgLang launched Move Afrika to pioneer a first-of-its-kind international music touring circuit throughout the continent of Africa.

GLOBAL CITIZEN AND pgLANG ANNOUNCE 'MOVE AFRIKA,' A LONG-TERM VISION TO PIONEER A WORLD CLASS MUSIC TOURING CIRCUIT ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

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In partnership with the Rwanda Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda will host Move Afrika every year for the next five years.

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  • In partnership with the Rwanda Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda will host Move Afrika every year for the next five years.
  • Each year, additional countries will be added to the tour schedule, which aims to expand to five countries by 2025.
  • "Africa is driving culture and creativity globally, but the Continent has been left out of the global music touring circuit for too long.
  • Across the entire African continent there is huge excitement for driving economic development, tourism and world class entertainment.

South Africa's media often portrays foreigners in a bad light. This fuels xenophobia

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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In the light of this we set out to understand how South Africa’s print media writes about foreigners.

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  • In the light of this we set out to understand how South Africa’s print media writes about foreigners.
  • Our recently published study looked at the representation of foreigners in some of South Africa’s biggest print and online newspapers.
  • Their presence in the country receives a great deal of media attention and has sparked a number of xenophobic attacks.
  • As researchers in Political Science and Sociology, we were interested in how South Africa’s print media portrays foreign nationals.
  • Our findings showed that the media often used language that portrayed foreigners in a bad light, and dehumanised them.

How the media portrays foreign nationals

    • We found a common trend in the way the South African media describes the immigrant population.
    • For instance, without incorporating academic or other credible research, there is loose use of adjectives such as “undocumented” or “illegal” when referring to African foreign nationals.
    • The media frequently used expressions such as “huge numbers”, “many foreigners”, “thousands of immigrants”, “millions of foreign nationals”, “over 300 illegal foreigners”, and “a vast number”.
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      Integrating languages should form part of South Africa's xenophobia solutions

      Another issue our study investigated was how the media attached meanings to words.

Us versus them

    • Corresponding to the negative depiction was the creation of separate identities (us versus them).
    • Mostly, this was done by downplaying the negative traits of South Africans while emphasising their positive traits.
    • The positive traits of African foreign nationals were minimised and their negative traits highlighted.

What should be done

    • Nevertheless it’s plausible to argue that the media has the potential to shape public attitudes.
    • Sikanyiso Masuku receives funding from the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs.