Tag: Culture Africa
Alain Pacherie: “A room that applauds, proud and happy artists is a Christmas present”
09:07 To display this content, it is necessary to authorize audience measurement and advertising cookies. Accept Manage my choices Alain Pacherie, director of Cirque Phénix, director of the show Cirkafrika…
Gaël Faye presents his novel Jacaranda in music at the Gisozi memorial
In Kigali, the writer and songwriter Gaël Faye performed this Thursday, December 12 at the Gisozi national memorial with a musical reading of his novel Jacaranda A first public performance…
Abass Zein stages a “Mandingo opera” around King Sundiata
It is a mythical character who takes to the stage this week in Abidjan: the 13th century conqueror-king Sundiata Keïta, founding figure in the history of the Mandingo empire in…
The head of French diplomacy hands over archaeological objects to Ethiopia
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Saturday initiated the handover of some 3,500 archaeological objects belonging to Ethiopia that had been in France since the 1980s for study. 2 mins…
Franco-Algerian author Kamel Daoud targeted by controversy, Gallimard denounces “defamation”
The publisher Gallimard denounced attacks on Monday, November 18: defamatory » against the Franco-Algerian author Kamel Daoud, 2024 Goncourt Prize for his novel Houris. The Franco-Algerian author is accused, by…
the Bamako photo biennial opens with the theme of “word” in question
The Rencontres de Bamako celebrates its 30th anniversary with its 14th edition, which opened on Saturday November 16 for two months, until January 16. During the Photography Biennale organized in…
the Amani festival in Goma finally authorized by the authorities
In Goma in the DRC, the organizers of the Amani festival, the largest music festival in the sub-region, travel through all the states. The three days of concerts planned for…
the Amani 2024 festival, an unmissable cultural event in the Great Lakes, canceled
In Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Amani festival has been canceled. The announcement was made on November 14, 2024 by management. He was to celebrate his tenth birthday.…
the fifteenth biennial of contemporary African art opens in Dakar
From November 7 to December 7, 2024, Dakar hosts the 15th edition of the biennial of contemporary African art, Dak’Art. Having become a real meeting place for artists on the…
at the meeting of contemporary African art, the South African Reggie Khumalo goes beyond the frame
The major contemporary African art fair, AKAA (Also Known As Africa), welcomes 34 galleries from October 18 to 20 in Paris, including 5 based in Africa and some with great…