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One of the films to be screened. Africa's largest film festival begins tomorrow in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou, amid som...

Article and photographs by Zofeen T. Ebrahim Literature fans discover new books at the festival. For three full days, from Feb 15-1...

Angelique Kidjo Declaring that “if you want peace, you have to make peace”, the renowned African singer and activist Angélique Kidjo la...

The United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO has promised to do “everything possible” to safeguard and to rebuild Mali’s “extraordinary” cultu...

Aita Aghodaro, a featured writer One of the biggest literary festivals in the Asia-Pacific region began today in Jaipur, the majestic c...

(We review some books that would make thought-provoking gifts this season.) Negro With A Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey , by Coli...

The acclaimed Panamanian pianist and jazz composer Danilo Pérez has been appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace “in recognition of his effo...

Standing figure PARIS - Awe and surprise were probably the most common expressions on viewers' faces during the recent opening of “...

Ambassador McNish and the chefs Lovers of the culinary arts got a treat in October when a “Taste of Jamaica” hit Brussels, Belgium, as...

A viewer examines a ceramic panel. PARIS – The Louvre Museum has opened a dazzling new Islamic art section that has been drawing crowds ...