Friday, 29 May 2020

THE MUSIC OF MADAGASCAR IS REAL STAR OF NEW FILM

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The poster for Haingosoa . The film Haingosoa had barely made it onto screens in France when the government ordered a lockdown because...
Saturday, 23 May 2020

A WRITER AND SCHOLAR 'INTERVIEWS' THE CARIBBEAN

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Opal Palmer Adisa is a Jamaican writer, poet, academic and the director of The Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the Universi...
Sunday, 10 May 2020

FRANCE’S BIGGEST REGGAE FESTIVAL SAYS ‘SOON COME’

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One of Europe’s most popular reggae festivals has become another casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic, joining the list of arts events that ha...
Wednesday, 29 April 2020

JAZZ DAY ARTISTS KEEP THE MUSIC GOING, VIRTUALLY

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Some of the biggest jazz stars will be participating in International Jazz Day, held annually on April 30, but this year their performances ...

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN WEEK CANCELLED, FRANCE

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France’s seventh Semaine de l’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes (Latin America and Caribbean Week / SALC) has been cancelled because of the C...
Friday, 10 April 2020

UNESCO TO SUPPORT CULTURAL SECTOR HIT BY COVID-19

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced it is “launching initiatives” to support cultur...
Thursday, 26 March 2020

FAREWELL TO MANU DIBANGO, AFRICAN MUSIC PIONEER

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Young music fans singing along to “mama se, mama sa, ma ma coo sa” might not have known this refrain was sampled from Manu Dibango’s global...
Monday, 23 March 2020

INTERROGATING CONCEPTS OF CARIBBEAN DIASPORA

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By Dr. Suzanne Scafe The journal African and Black Diaspora has just published a Special Issue titled “African-Caribbean Women Interro...
Friday, 20 March 2020

ARTS – TRYING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AMID COVID-19

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With the spread of the Covid-19 disease, the arts and culture sectors have seen a flood of cancellations and postponements, affecting artis...