Kolongo is a musical genre that takes its name from a two-stringed lute of the…
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An indigenous ethnic group, the Ashaninka live in the central forest of the Ucayali department…
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It has been identified as one of the few plant species that should be integrated…
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It is one of the indigenous festivals in Ghana celebrated by the Anlo people of…
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In novels and plays, in politics and in university classrooms. A lifetime of fighting for…
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What is the importance of time to the Asheninka, an Amazonian people of western Peru?…
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The young Yazidi Janan Shaker Elias has opened a bookshop in a village on the…
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The music industry is experiencing the fastest global growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (+34.7%). The Spotify…
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The plant is widely used in traditional medicine to treat and prevent a wide range…
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The most important and sacred Asante stool is the ‘Golden Stool’. It represents the authority…
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To a large extent, the ancestral medicine of the Ashaninka, an indigenous Amazonian ethnic group…
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Northeast of Lagos (Nigeria), near the city of Osogbo (also spelled Oshogbo), the last sacred…
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On 21 June, the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, Andean cultures celebrate the new…
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It is a series of six short films produced by Netflix made by young directors…
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During the month of June, various traditional festivals are celebrated, including Inti Raymi, thanksgiving to…
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Between 1600 and 1900 the city of Abomey was the pride of the kingdom of…
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Q-pop is the Kazakh-language musical genre that is becoming widespread. A mix of western pop,…
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Ingoma Nshya is the country's first female percussion troupe. Reconciliation, healing and peace are part…
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The Asheninka live in the departments of Pasco and Ucayali, which are part of the…
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Fantasy and imagination but above all, ingenuity. 200 apprentices from different walks of life train…
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Before long, Temilade Openiyi known professionally as Tems quickly made her way into the R&B…
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Although the Asheninka, an indigenous ethnic group, who live in the central forest of the…
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It is commonly referred to as velvet bush willow and is a medium-sized evergreen deciduous…
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It is the most important event celebrated by the Chiefs and people of Ashanti in…
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Three interesting books for this spring. The modern world is built on commodities – from the…
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The Acholi people live in Northern Uganda. They have a rich and diverse cultural heritage.…
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In the film ‘Nanny’, Nikyatu Jusu's debut horror explores the dark side of the American…
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Every Saturday they meet in a modest place where they share their creations and subject…
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The Anata festival - Anata in Aymara means game - is of pre-Hispanic tradition. It…
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From the golden sands of the Sahara Desert to the renowned world of music festivals.…
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It is one of the most popular and unique dance styles practiced in Ghana. It…
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It is a rite of gratitude of the native Andean peoples towards Pachamama (Mother Earth),…
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This plant has been used in various parts of Africa in folk medicine to treat…
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Black Panther: Wakanda forever and The Woman King have sparked interesting debates both in the…
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For over fifty years he has been the voice of this ethnic group of Ethiopia…
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Religion, philosophy, legends, imperial politics, and folklore – these are the ingredients of one of…
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In May, with their song ‘Stefania’, they easily won the latest Eurovision Song Contest and…
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Through his cartoons, Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) has been campaigning against apartheid since the 1980s. He…
01 Dec 2022
Mexican folk art is present in all aspects of community life. During the civil (and…
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Soweto Theatre is a community space where new generations of artists are forged from historical…
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The meaning of the rites of passage in Africa culture. ‘The funeral rites express the…
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Through circus art, Kine Circus helps boys and girls in danger of exclusion to find…
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A heart that beats to the rhythm of Africa Paul Van Haver was born in…
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‘City of Lights’, as Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, is called. The name is…
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Victoria Falls is one of the best known and most spectacular sights in Africa. Its…
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The Asheninka, are an indigenous ethnic group that lives in the centre of the forest…
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Mention Colombia and one immediately thinks of cumbia: a rhythm, an atmosphere, a dance, a…
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The rumba is a typically Congolese rhythm. This popular music, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean…
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The ancestral Andean Amazonian wisdom is transmitted through songs, mythological stories, and the narratives of…
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It is a multipurpose medicinal plant and can be used, in particular, to treat pneumonia,…
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Drums play an important role in the life of African people. Traditionally, drums represent the…
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“The world calls me Ustad, the teacher, but I personally feel I am a Shagird,…
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It is an important and frequently used medicinal plant in tropical Africa. It can be…
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Three interesting books for this summer. Why is Africa still perceived as a country when there…
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Sounds with an unmistakably Arabian and Middle Eastern flavour, the sort of music that passionately…
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The Blood Sisters miniseries has disembarked on Netflix. Filmed during the pandemic by Biyi Bandele…
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On the trail of men and women who dress luxuriously without being rich. Weekend dandies…
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The Asheninka live in the central forest of the Ucayali district in the Atalaya province,…
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It is an evergreen tree, native to tropical Africa especially West Africa. It usually grows…
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The people of the rain, Ñuu Savi, in the Nahuati language of the Mestizos, live…
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Marriage is related to the continuation of the family and the community among the Asheninka,…
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The folk art of phulkari, that represents the tradition and culture of Punjab, is now…
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Off the southern coast of Mozambique, there lies an uncontaminated paradise of six islands surrounded…
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Among the Baganda people living in the area north and northwest of Lake Victoria in…
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By the word mijado this indigenous people, living in the rainforests of Peru, refers to…
01 May 2022
The colours of the walls, the little flags decorating the entrance, the large open space…
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In Mali seeking the ancient capital of the Tuareg. It was once one of the…
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The pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin of Socavon, in Bolivia, is a process…
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Africa is probably the place in the world where oral tradition has had the greatest…
01 Apr 2022
When we talk about the monarch butterfly, we touch on legend, mythology and the history…
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An effective treatment for skin infections, sores, and itches. Its common name is Nile tulip.…
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In the past, it was community work in which everyone was involved in the Buganda…
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Maloca means communal house, it represents the unity of the Asheninka community, an indigenous people…
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He never existed, yet his faithful are many. Saint Simón is the fusion between the…
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The Mozambican, Severino Elias Ngoenha, the main exponent of African philosophical thinking in Portuguese-speaking Africa,…
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The continent of Africa is endowed with plenty of important medicinal plants. One of such…
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A panorama of the newspapers founded by African intellectuals who gave and are still giving…
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Everything was against her. Aminata Gaye - Mina ‘the veiled one’ is her stage name…
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Johannesburg, often associated with skyscrapers, insecurity, crime, begging, and in some areas, difficult access to…
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In the Congolese capital, as in the rest of the country, cultural spaces are almost…
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One of the greatest feasts among the Guji - an Oromo ethnic group - is…
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It is a medicinal plant used for treatment of a number of diseases among them…
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Andean Chakana is the symbol of the principle of relations with people and nature. It…
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The Ta Oi is an ethnic group living in A Luoi a rural district of …
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The Kunama, an Eritrean ethnic group living in the remote and isolated area between the…
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In traditional medicine, the plant is used to treat a number of diseases like bronchial asthma,…
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The Azerbaijan art of weaving is unique: it is an ancient tradition, a mystical and…
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Mexican people and other cultures have been a corn-based diet culture since ancient times. Mexican…
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It began in an Islamic context as a religious dance but today it has a…
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The Ticuna indigenous ethnic group is one of the most numerous in the 'Amazonian Trapezium'…
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A genus Blighia comprises only three species and is endemic in tropical Africa. It can…
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Stricken by adversity a Karimojong man, a member of an ethnic group of northern Uganda,…
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It is a country with over 10 ethnic groups, each with different cultural traditions and…
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The mention of Jamaica immediately reminds us of reggae music and such figures as Bob…
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The textiles of the Andean Valley stand out not only for the technical complexity of…
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It is one of the most iconic of the African land mammals. It lives in…
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Faced with the violence of criminal gangs that have overwhelmed the lives of many children, the Kenyan activist opened the doors of her home, giving…
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The ltzaes, a brave and peaceful group of Maya have been in these lands since time immemorial. They were led by a priest named Zamna, and while…
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More than one and a half million people took part in World Youth Day (Lisbon, 1- 6 August). Fragments of the Pope's speeches. “You are not here…
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