Saturday, 27 January 2018

BOOKSHOPS AND RACE: NIGERIAN WRITER SPEAKS OUT

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“Are there bookshops in Nigeria?” asked a French journalist of famous Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, igniting  a firestorm on so...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018

FAREWELL TO MUSICIAN AND ACTIVIST HUGH MASEKELA

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Hugh Masekela teaches the audience to sing a South African song during the first International Jazz Day concert in 2012, at UNESCO hea...
Friday, 29 December 2017

BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH KEEPS THE REVOLUTION GOING

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By Tobias Schlosser On his seventh album, dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah shows that he still has a great deal of energy and anger, but als...
Monday, 4 December 2017

GALLERIES, FAIRS OFFER AFRICAN ART FEAST IN PARIS

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Fans of African art in France have been spoilt for choice this year, with an abundance of exhibitions around the country, particularly in t...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017

REVIEW: IN 'COBY', A FAMILY TRANSITIONS TOGETHER

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By Dimitri Keramitas Screened at the recent Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival in Paris, Christian Sonderegger’s Coby ex...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017

NEW UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL CALLS FOR HUMANISM

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The new director-general of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, called for unity and humanism, as she takes over the troubled educational, scientific a...
Tuesday, 7 November 2017

AMNESTY FRANCE HOSTS 8TH HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FEST

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The French branch of rights group Amnesty International is hosting its 8 th Human Rights Film Festival, with movies from countries includi...
Tuesday, 31 October 2017

KARACHI’S ART BIENNALE BEARS WITNESS TO HISTORY

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By Zofeen T. Ebrahim October may not be the best month to launch events in Karachi, a city described as "maddening” by Amin Gulgee...