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Monday, 27 March 2023

AFRICAN FILMS OF UNESCO-NETFLIX SCHEME TO STREAM

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It’s a new direction for UNESCO, getting involved in movies, so to speak. The United Nations' cultural agency and Netflix - the global...
Thursday, 23 February 2023

SECOND AFRICAN BOOK FAIR OF PARIS HERALDS SPRING

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In autumn 2021, hundreds of book lovers gathered in one of the “chicest” areas of France’s capital to attend the inaugural African Book Fair...
Saturday, 18 February 2023

PRINCETON HONOURS TONI MORRISON WITH EXHIBITION

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Acclaimed American writer and 1993 Nobel laureate Toni Morrison will be the focus of a “revelatory exhibition” at Princeton University Libra...
Sunday, 29 January 2023

KOREAN JAZZ SINGER YOUN SUN NAH ON ART AND SOUL

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When the parents of Korean jazz singer Youn Sun Nah realized that the COVID-19 pandemic had begun, they called and urged her to return to Se...
Sunday, 6 November 2022

NEW ORLEANS IN ‘DAZZLING’ FOCUS AT PARIS EXHIBITION

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An exhibition at Paris’ Quai Branly Museum has put the rich culture of New Orleans in the spotlight, with a striking display of carnival cos...
Thursday, 6 October 2022

CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN ARTIST DEPICTS ‘CHOSEN FAMILY’

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For two months over the summer, Caribbean-American artist Delvin Lugo presented his first solo show in New York City, exhibiting large, vibr...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022

POLITICS AND LYRICISM: REMEMBERING GEORGE LAMMING

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  By Dimitri Keramitas George Lamming was a pioneer of Caribbean literature whose reputation spanned the Atlantic. He was part of a legendar...
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...
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Southern World Arts News is an online cultural magazine devoted to the arts of the global south. Here you can read informative profiles of artists from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, South Asia and elsewhere, who are working all over the world. We also portray writers, filmmakers, painters, musicians and others who use their art to promote respect for human rights. Founder Alecia McKenzie is a writer and painter. Associate Editor DJ Cle is a musician and environmentalist. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Contact: swaninformation@gmail.com.
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