Tag: Culture Africa
appointments in May 2024
In New York, Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Lille, Dakar, Cannes, Bordeaux, Tangier, Montreuil, Marseille, Togo… Indoors or outdoors, here are 22 events of Afro or African culture not to be missed…
in Kumasi, the moving return of sacred Ashanti objects looted 150 years ago
In Ghana, 32 sacred Ashanti objects that were looted by British settlers in 1874 have been temporarily returned by museums in the United Kingdom. Their presentation at the Manhyia Palace…
a film to tell the story of the 1976 massacres against Comorians in Majunga
While Madagascar has done everything to forget this dark episode in its history, cinema has come to bury it: in Zanatany, the imprint of lonely shrouds, director Hachimiya Ahamada looks…
Glez’s take on Sudan’s forgotten war
DRAWING The civil war has ravaged the country for a year: five million people in a situation of near-starvation, 8.5 million displaced, thousands dead. The UN is calling it the…
“The Burden” in the Central African Republic, Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino fights with his camera against AIDS
Do you believe in miracles? With his documentary “Le Burdeau”, in competition at the prestigious and abundant Festival Cinéma du Réel in Paris, Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino invites us to experience…
Glez’s view on the candidacies for the 2025 Ivorian presidential election
Despite a conviction rendering him ineligible, the former head of state is nominated by his party the PPA-CI for next year’s election. Opposite, what will Alassane Ouattarra do? Will the…
“Étienne Dinet”, when art brings France and Algeria together
With his luminous and moving paintings, populated by charmers, dancers, merchants, talkers, lovers, muezzins in the Algerian oases, the French painter Étienne Dinet (1861-1929) managed to seduce and fascinate both…
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…