Tag: African culture
Africa's Mother Tongues Find New Life as Youth Recon...
In Lagos, a television game show punishes one offence above all others: speak...
Tchiloli: São Tomé's Five-Century Theatre of Justice...
In a dusty courtyard in the Boa Morte quarter of São Tomé, a carved bamboo fl...
Vibra-Signe: How Burkina Faso's Deaf Dancers Turn Vi...
In Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, a stage comes alive to the beat of drums and...
From Cardboard to Cosplay: Kenya's Anime Fans Turn C...
In the heart of Nairobi, thousands of young Kenyans gathered this weekend to ...
Gabon's Festival of Cultures Returns After Eight Yea...
After eight years away, Libreville has once again become a stage for Gabon's ...
Tigrayan Women Keep Ashenda's Light Alive in Addis A...
In the heart of Ethiopia's capital, a familiar rhythm pulsed through the air ...
Ebola Ban Silences Goma's Cultural Revival as Congo ...
In the eastern Congolese capital of Goma, the stages that once pulsed with mu...
World Dolls Museum: Rabat's Hidden Cultural Gem
In the heart of Rabat's ancient medina, behind an unassuming door on a quiet ...
Madagascar Revives Its Ancestral New Year: Taombaova...
In a powerful act of cultural reclamation, Madagascar this year revived its p...
Calabar Carnival Turns 20: Africa's Biggest Street P...
Calabar, Nigeria's riverfront capital, transformed into a living canvas of co...
Kinshasa's To Skater Festival Carves a New Path for ...
In the heart of Kinshasa, where the Congo River hums beside a city of ten mil...
São Tomé's Roças Win UNESCO World Heritage Status, T...
When UNESCO's World Heritage Committee gathered in Busan, South Korea, in lat...
Cape Town Ballet Show Inspires Young African Dancers
Africa's biggest ballet stage returned to Cape Town this week as 115 young da...
Pantsula Meets Passinho: Tamujuntu Carries Katlehong...
A South African township dance form born under apartheid is now crossing ocea...
Meiway and Admiral T Anchor Nuits d'Afrique's 40th A...
Montreal's Festival International Nuits d'Afrique marked four decades of Afri...
Sudanese Artists Rebuild Cultural Life in Wartime Sh...
In a school-turned-shelter on Sudan's Red Sea coast, music rises above the ha...