Tuesday, 30 April 2013

THE HIFA PROMISE: DANCE, SING AND BE HEALED

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The  global financial crisis has affected many international arts events, but some are soldiering  on despite funding cuts and other diffic...
Sunday, 28 April 2013

COMING TOGETHER FOR JAZZ AND PEACE IN ISTANBUL

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Herbie Hancock Some of the world's biggest jazz stars will be performing in Istanbul when the Turkish city hosts the main global ev...
Monday, 22 April 2013

THE JOURNEY TO SCHOOL CAN BE LONG AND RISKY

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The exhibition at UNESCO, showing Elizabeth, in a photograph by Nichole Sobecki Six-year-old Elizabeth lives in Kibera, a huge slum...
Friday, 12 April 2013

BRAZILIAN CULTURE BURSTS ONTO WORLD STAGE AGAIN

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The new Marisa Monte CD From film festivals to photography exhibitions, Brazilian culture will be in the spotlight in Europe over the...

PHOTOGRAPHER WRITES 'LOVE LETTER TO THE PLANET'

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The famed Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has long used his camera as a tool to help protect the environment. He is now holding co...
Saturday, 6 April 2013

NEW FILM HEIGHTENS CAMPAIGN FOR GIRLS' EDUCATION

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Behind the Scenes in Haiti ©Martha Adams, Richard E. Robbins, Gina Nemirofsky, 10x10act.org10x10act.org Girl Rising is a film that m...
Friday, 22 March 2013

FAREWELL TO CHINUA ACHEBE, FATHER OF AFRICAN LIT

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Just as we were preparing to publish the following review of Chinua Achebe’s "There Was a Country", we received news that the gre...
Thursday, 21 March 2013

BRAZIL, AFRICA PROMOTE WRITERS AT PARIS BOOK FAIR

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A Brazilian anthology in French. The eager crowds streaming into the Paris Book Fair at the official opening on Thursday evening provid...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013

KOFI ANNAN’S INTERVENTIONS

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“When people are in danger, everyone has a duty to speak out. No one has a right to pass by on the other side.” This is one of the ma...
Friday, 22 February 2013

AFRICA'S LEADING FILM FEST TRIES TO FEEL NO FEAR

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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...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013

LITERATURE PROVIDES COMFORT TO A TROUBLED CITY

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