Tag: Culture Africa
“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…
“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…