Wednesday, 6 July 2022

ABORIGINAL ARTIST SALLY GABORI IN PARIS SOLO SHOW

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The iconic canvases of Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, the acclaimed Aboriginal artist who began painting around the age of 80, can...
Wednesday, 11 May 2022

PARIS INSTALLS STATUE OF GUADELOUPE'S 'SOLITUDE'

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She's here now. We can see her. She won’t be forgotten. With these words, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on May 10 inaugurated a statue of S...
Saturday, 30 April 2022

MULTILINGUALISM VIEW: YOU ARE NOT YOUR LANGUAGE

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By Valentina Vagliani (The following article is a contribution to SWAN 's discussion of languages and translation, in collaboration with...
Monday, 28 March 2022

FESTIVAL OF BRAZILIAN FILM IS BACK WITH MUSIC FOCUS

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Like many arts events, the Brazilian Film Festival of Paris found itself scrambling to survive when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020. Organ...
Monday, 14 March 2022

ANGOLAN ARTIST BONGA KEEPS THE LIGHT SHINING

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With his latest album Kintal da Banda , the acclaimed Angolan musician Bonga has reminded us how valuable art can be in times of darkness. ...
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 ...