Monday, 14 February 2022

A CUBAN-BORN WRITER ON TRANSLATION'S 'VITAL' ROLE

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By Marta Fernandez Campa Critically acclaimed Cuban-American writer and translator Achy Obejas is the author of many works of prose and poet...
Wednesday, 2 February 2022

SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHTS EARLY ROLE OF RASTAFARI WOMEN

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The Rastafari movement, which began in Jamaica during the 1930s, has become internationally known for its contribution to culture and the ar...
Wednesday, 26 January 2022

A FILMMAKER’S INDICTMENT OF EXPLOITATION, VIOLENCE

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By Dimitri Keramitas Few titles are as painfully ironic as that of Thierry Michel’s excellent but wrenching documentary Empire of Silence ...
Friday, 7 January 2022

CALYPSO: A CARIBBEAN BOOKSTORE WARMS UP PARIS

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When you step into Librairie Calypso, it feels like being home. The French capital’s first bookstore for Outre-mer and Caribbean literature ...
Wednesday, 1 December 2021

ICONIC PERFORMER JOSEPHINE BAKER ENTERS PANTHEON

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Legendary singer, dancer and activist Josephine Baker entered the Panthéon - the resting place of France’s “national heroes” - on Nov. 30, w...
Friday, 26 November 2021

UNESCO MEMBER STATES ADOPT RECOMMENDED AI ETHICS

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The member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have agreed on a text of recommended ethi...
Thursday, 25 November 2021

AFRICAN ART FAIR BOUNCES BACK WITH PIZAZZ IN PARIS

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 Art is back with a bang in the French capital. After numerous cancellations throughout 2020 and in the spring of this year because of the...