<p>African Voices goes into the octagon to explore mixed martial arts with ​​South African middleweight UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis. CNN’s Larry Madowo spoke with him a few months after his title fight against American Sean Strickland to discuss his historic win, his journey, and what’s in store for his next fight.</p>
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How South Africa got its first UFC middleweight champ

African Voices goes into the octagon to explore mixed martial arts with ​​South African middleweight UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis. CNN’s Larry Madowo spoke with him a few months after his title fight against American Sean Strickland to discuss his historic win, his journey, and what’s in store for his next fight.

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<p>African Voices goes into the octagon to explore mixed martial arts with ​​South African middleweight UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis. CNN’s Larry Madowo spoke with him a few months after his title fight against American Sean Strickland to discuss his historic win, his journey, and what’s in store for his next fight.</p>
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How South Africa got its first UFC middleweight champ
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Nigerian Singer Rema sits down with Larry Madowo for an interview for African Voices Changemakers in Detroit, Michigan August 17, 2024.
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Rema is setting the tone for the next wave of Afrobeats
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<p>CNN takes you inside Nigerian singer Rema’s highly anticipated Benin City homecoming concert as he shares with Larry Madowo why his hometown of Benin City will always have his heart.</p>
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Inside Afrobeats singer Rema’s homecoming to Benin City
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There’s more to African music than Afrobeats – just listen to these artists
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<p>Celebrating his 90th birthday Nigerian playwright and Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka reflect on his novels, poetry, plays, and a movie out this year about his time under political incarceration in Nigeria.</p>
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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on the activism that influenced his work
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<p>In a special edition of African Voices, we bring you the best of My Drive, a digital series where celebrities open up about their lives while driving through their hometowns. In this episode, the Nigerian music sensations L.A.X, Majeeed, Chike, and Candy Bleakz, and the Ghanaian star Wendy Shay share their personal journeys.</p>
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CNN takes a ride with five African musicians
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'Our time has come': What Nollywood can learn from Afrobeats' blueprint for global domination
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<p>South Africa’s most decorated Olympian, swimmer Chad Le Clos, hopes to defy the odds to achieve second gold at 32 in the 100-meter butterfly event. Moroccan B-Boy, Bilal Mallakh, aims to dazzle the crowds with his explosive moves in this year’s new discipline of Olympic Breaking. South African Skateboarding prodigy, Boipelo Awuah, withdrew from her event in Tokyo 2020 due to an accident and now is looking for Olympic redemption.</p>
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These African playmakers are making a splash in this year's Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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