Tuesday, 14 January 2020

SPIKE LEE NAMED PRESIDENT OF CANNES FILM FEST JURY

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Renowned American director Spike Lee will serve as president of the jury at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to take place May 12 -...
Wednesday, 18 December 2019

JAMAICAN WRITER TO RECEIVE QUEEN’S POETRY MEDAL

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Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison has been announced as the 2019 recipient of The Queen's Award for Poetry. According to information fro...
Thursday, 28 November 2019

CABO VERDE’S MORNA FOR UNESCO LIST, AALST TO GO?

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Morna, the haunting, traditional music of Cabo Verde, is slated to join UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List when a committee meets i...
Thursday, 10 October 2019

OBAMA’S PORTRAITIST CONFRONTS NAPOLEON’S PAINTER

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PARIS - Fresh from unveiling a huge statue of a black man on horseback in New York’s Times Square, renowned African American artist Kehinde...
Saturday, 24 August 2019

CONCERT PAYS TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE IN LONDON

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It must be a daunting prospect to sing songs made famous by the incomparable Nina Simone, but performers Ledisi and Lisa Fischer brought th...
Thursday, 22 August 2019

GHANAIAN PAINTER ABLADE GLOVER ON ART, HISTORY

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By Stephen Williams For the acclaimed Ghanaian painter Ablade Glover, art has been a way of life for more than five decades.  He celebr...
Tuesday, 20 August 2019

REGGAE SUN SKA 2019: ONSTAGE, OUTRAGED, ENGAGED

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By Sondré Colly-Durand The curtain fell on the 22 nd edition of France’s Reggae Sun Ska festival on Aug. 4, with a tight set led by Zigg...
Saturday, 13 July 2019

SCHOLARS DISCUSS POSTCOLONIAL HEALTH, TRAUMA

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By Tobias Schlosser Writers and scholars such as Franz Fanon have examined the effects of colonialism on the mental health and well-being...
Thursday, 4 July 2019

ARTIST DANH VŌ: TELLING STORIES THROUGH OBJECTS

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Danh Vō said not a word during a recent presentation of his work in Fontainebleau, France, at the 9 th Festival of Art History. I nstead...