Tag: Culture Africa
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…
Medhy Custos in concert at New Morning, in Paris, February 6
Divine Bertout and Stéphane Linon, members of the Famille de Couleurs Tropicales, offer a song and address a current subject. Guests: Medhy Custos, Guadeloupean singer. He will be in concert…
next meeting of the Franco-Algerian commission of historians
This is RFI information. Two months after a first meeting in Algeria, the Franco-Algerian commission of historians will meet next Thursday in Paris. At the end of this meeting, the…
Story of a quest for emancipation, from the pen of the Tanzanian Adam Shafi Adam
Political awareness and self-knowledge are the two main themes of the Indocile, a novel in Swahili which has just been translated into French. Its author Adam Shafi Adam, originally from…
Musical tribute to Nelson Mandela and his universal struggle
South Africa is in the news. On this occasion Claudy Siar returns in music to the story of Madiba, who died on December 5, 2013 in Johannesburg. To watch the…
Glez’s view on the eradication of malaria in Cape Verde
The third country in Africa to be free of the disease, Cape Verde has not experienced any local transmission for three years. The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes policies to…
Urban Gospel: increasingly compliant artists?
Gospel, a musical genre that emerged thanks to the religious songs of African-American slaves in the southern United States, experienced a rise in power in the 1950s and 1960s thanks…
Vicky R in concert at the Boule Noire on Thursday January 18
Columnists Naomi Dado and Queen Stelyna tell us about Fashion Week which will begin on Monday January 22, 2024. Guest: Franco-Gabonese rapper Vicky R presents her new EP, SYSTM released…