Record companies such as Universal and Sony are pouring investment into Africa, tapping into a vast array of new talent and promoting established stars to the rest of the world. But all too often music from these emerging markets is promoted in the West as “world music”. This, writes ethnomusicologist Adam de Paor-Evans, is lazy and patronising.

Kenyan authorities have pressed ahead with a controversial decision to forcibly evict people living in Kibera - the country’s biggest slum. By some estimates 30 000 people will be affected. Kefa Otiso explains why these types of forced evictions are so prevalent in the country’s capital Nairobi, and what can be done to prevent them.