Tag: Culture Africa
Homage to the Congolese rumba of yesterday and today
On December 14, 2021, it’s official, the Congolese rumba becomes part of UNESCO’s intangible heritage. It is a victory for all Congolese artists of yesterday and today. This is the…
Carlos G. Lopez and Reine Pelagie are guests of the Family
Stéphane Linon and Warra Charlotte Gomis, members of the Famille de Couleurs Tropicales, offer a song and a topical subject. Guests: Carlos G Lopez, Franco-Cape Verdean artist whose album Azul…
the Bo Balo festival celebrates Senufo culture
Bouaké, the second metropolis of Côte d’Ivoire, is celebrating this Friday and tomorrow Saturday with the Bo Balo festival. The second edition offers concerts, photo exhibitions, but also cultural meetings.…
Genesis Owusu, Ghanaian and punk
His name is Genesis Owusu. His name doesn’t mean much to you yet, yet he is the one who puts Ghana on the world punk map. The young 25-year-old musician,…
“Augure”, Baloji is the new voice of cinema and in the running for the Oscars
Run there! His first feature film Augur is released this Wednesday, November 29 in theaters in France and the New Voice prize at the Cannes Film Festival was well deserved.…
Glez’s take on Liberia’s presidential election
Opponent Joseph Boakai won the presidential election in Liberia by a narrow margin with 50.64% of the vote against 49.36% for outgoing Gorge Weah. On a continent accustomed to electoral…
at the Coco Bulles festival, the difficulties of West African comics emerge
The Coco Bulles festival opened on November 16, 2023 in Abidjan. It will be held until the 18th in Treichville. For its 8th edition, the main theme concerns the war…
Thirty years of conflict in eastern DRC seen by African photographers
Through the work of Congolese and South African photographers, the Bayeux War Correspondents Prize traces in an exhibition three decades of violence in the regions of Ituri, North and South…
Senegalese singer Faada Freddy
For RFI’s musical choice, this Wednesday, Edmond Sadaka met the Senegalese singer Faada Freddy. An artist with a dandy look, an extraordinary vocalist, and who is coming out of a…
Bella Bah, Guinean painter: “I see a multi-colored society, our differences create beauty”
Bella Bah or the beautiful story of a young Guinean migrant minor, who became a contemporary painter. Bella Bah, 22, exhibited last week in Paris at the Sylvia Rielle gallery,…