Monday, 19 March 2018

WRITERS TALK LITERARY ACTIVISM AT PARIS BOOK FAIR

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The 2018 Paris Book Fair ( Livre Paris ) took place against the backdrop of demonstrations in Mayotte that echoed similar protests a year a...
Wednesday, 28 February 2018

REVIEW: WHEN 'WITCHES' ARE NOT LIKE HARRY POTTER

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By Dimitri Keramitas I Am Not a Witch is Rungano Nyoni’s provocatively titled first film, which had a Paris screening at the 2017 Amnest...
Friday, 9 February 2018

CABO VERDEAN SINGER LUCIBELA DELIVERS RICH DEBUT

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The name “Lucibela” conjures up an idea of beauty and light, and listeners may think the same of this Cabo Verdean artist’s music.   ...
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...