Tag: Culture Africa
Franco-Cameroonian drummer Félix Sabal-Lecco has died
What is the link between Manu Dibango, Prince, Sting, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, France Gall or Salif Keïta? An endless list of prestigious musicians who were accompanied by a brilliant…
“Boko (is) Halal”, ten news to confront extremist violence
In Cameroon, the Lire au Sahel association has published a collection of ten short stories, written by young people from the Far North region. One of them gave its title…
appointments in March 2024
In Agbodrafo, Brussels, Abidjan, Paris, Dubai, Kigali, Cergy, Cotonou, Saint-Denis, Créteil, Limoges, Yaoundé… indoors or outdoors, here are sixteen events of Afro or African culture not to be missed miss…
“A new Morocco”, Asmae El Moudir on “The Mother of all lies”
With just one small photo at the start, Asmae El Mudir managed to restore and tell a hidden history of Morocco, the “bread riots” in Casablanca, bloodily repressed in June…
Mexican-Kenyan Lupita Nyong’o, first black president of the jury of the Berlin film festival
The 2024 edition of the Berlinale opens this Thursday, February 15 in the evening in the German capital. It promises to be agitated and the Mexican-Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o will…
Death of Beninese intellectual Stanislas Spero Adotevi
Benin still loses and mourns one of its intellectuals, Professor Stanislas Spero Adotevi. Writer, philosopher, former Minister of Culture and Information, he died this Wednesday, February 7 in Ouagadougou, Burkina…
Homosexuality in Egypt and the drama of taboo in “Better than Earth” at the 2024 Clermont-Ferrand Festival
“ My film is mainly about uncertainty », Says Sherif El Bendary. The Egyptian director is a regular at the largest international short film festival in Clermont-Ferrand. This year, he…
In Madagascar, young people do slam to talk about politics and subjects that affect them
The French Institute of Madagascar hosted a workshop on February 3, 2024 in Antananarivo organized by “Madagaslam”, an association which brings together the slam scene on a national scale. The…
Urban Gospel: increasingly compliant artists?
Gospel, a musical genre that emerged from the religious songs of African-American slaves in the southern United States, experienced a rise in power in the 1950s and 1960s, thanks to…
Rappers Xuman and Keyti denounce TotalEnergies’ sponsorship of the CAN
Dalinie Mvemba, family member of Tropical Colors, is alongside Claudy Siar.Phoner: Gentil Jab, from Goma, calls on the Congolese authorities on the degrading situation of young children displaced in the…