Africa 54

On this edition of Africa 54, hundreds gather for a memorial service of George Floyd in the U.S. city of Minneapolis; Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 90 million test kits for COVID-19 have been acquired; The South African government appeals a court ruling that declares some of its coronavirus lockdown regulations invalid; Senegal’s government says it is slightly easing its dawn-to-dusk curfew following unrest over coronavirus restrictions; Africa has almost 162,000 confirmed cases of COVID19, with nearly 4,600 deaths.A54 Entertainment: Bongo flava superstar, Diamond Platnumz’s new song “Quarantine” invites a little fun into stay home orders and curfews. It has reached over five million views on YouTube in just two weeks. We catch up on what’s happening in African music with Heather Maxwell, host of VOA's Music Time in Africa Radio Program.