Ebo Taylor, a Ghanaian highlife music pioneer, died at the age of 90, his son announced on Sunday, a day after the launch of an Ebo Taylor music festival. Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and in New Zealand, the perpetrator of the 2019 mosque shootings sought to overturn his guilty plea, citing prison conditions.
Taylor, who was considered a definitive force behind the highlife genre, passed away a month after his 90th birthday, leaving behind an unmatched artistic legacy, according to his son, Kweku Taylor. The musician, who was compared to Fela Kuti for his impact on Ghanaian music, was celebrated for his contributions to the highlife genre.
In Hong Kong, a court sentenced 78-year-old activist and publisher Jimmy Lai to two decades in prison after finding him guilty of violating a national security law late last year, as reported by NPR.
Elsewhere, in New Zealand, Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslim worshippers in 2019, appeared in court seeking to overturn his guilty pleas. He claimed he was irrational when he pleaded guilty, attributing his actions to "torturous and inhumane" prison conditions, according to Sky News.
In other news, Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, is set to pursue a conservative agenda after her ruling party secured a supermajority in the lower house elections, as reported by NPR. Additionally, Iranian security forces have expanded their crackdown on dissent, arresting figures within the country's reformist movement, according to The Associated Press. This follows the violent suppression of nationwide protests that resulted in thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of detentions.
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