Tag: Culture Africa
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…
Loft, the first Moroccan gallery at Art Basel Paris: “The welcome is fabulous”
A giant mushroom at Place Vendôme, a snake facing the Académie française or a yellow trash can suspended under the impressive glass roof of the Grand Palais. Art Basel Paris,…
“Parcours de l’eau” by Arsène Mpiana, an exhibition on the memories of the Congo River
In Kinshasa, the Academy of Fine Arts is hosting the exhibition “ Water route », produced by photographer Arsène Mpiana, who has collaborated with numerous media, including AFP. Open from…
the Orange Foundation ends its African book prize
It’s a page-turner for lovers of African literature. After six editions, the Orange foundation is putting an end to the Orange Book Prize in Africa (POLA), which rewarded authors and…
Gad Bensalem, winner of the RFI Theater Prize 2024 for “Child”, a Malagasy story
In ChildMalagasy author and slammer Gad Bensalem tells with power and poetry the story of a son in search of his father and the history of his country. With this…