In May, with their song ‘Stefania’, they easily won the latest Eurovision Song Contest and…
01 Dec 2022
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…
01 Dec 2022
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…
01 Nov 2022
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…
01 Oct 2022
The Asheninka, are an indigenous ethnic group that lives in the centre of the forest…
01 Oct 2022
Mention Colombia and one immediately thinks of cumbia: a rhythm, an atmosphere, a dance, a…
01 Oct 2022
The rumba is a typically Congolese rhythm. This popular music, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean…
01 Oct 2022
The ancestral Andean Amazonian wisdom is transmitted through songs, mythological stories, and the narratives of…
01 Sep 2022
It is a multipurpose medicinal plant and can be used, in particular, to treat pneumonia,…
01 Sep 2022
Drums play an important role in the life of African people. Traditionally, drums represent the…
01 Sep 2022
“The world calls me Ustad, the teacher, but I personally feel I am a Shagird,…
01 Sep 2022
It is an important and frequently used medicinal plant in tropical Africa. It can be…
01 Aug 2022
Three interesting books for this summer. Why is Africa still perceived as a country when there…
01 Aug 2022
Sounds with an unmistakably Arabian and Middle Eastern flavour, the sort of music that passionately…
01 Aug 2022
The Blood Sisters miniseries has disembarked on Netflix. Filmed during the pandemic by Biyi Bandele…
01 Aug 2022
On the trail of men and women who dress luxuriously without being rich. Weekend dandies…
01 Jul 2022
The Asheninka live in the central forest of the Ucayali district in the Atalaya province,…
01 Jul 2022
It is an evergreen tree, native to tropical Africa especially West Africa. It usually grows…
01 Jul 2022
The people of the rain, Ñuu Savi, in the Nahuati language of the Mestizos, live…
01 Jul 2022
Marriage is related to the continuation of the family and the community among the Asheninka,…
01 Jun 2022
The folk art of phulkari, that represents the tradition and culture of Punjab, is now…
01 Jun 2022
Off the southern coast of Mozambique, there lies an uncontaminated paradise of six islands surrounded…
01 Jun 2022
Among the Baganda people living in the area north and northwest of Lake Victoria in…
01 Jun 2022
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…
01 May 2022
In Mali seeking the ancient capital of the Tuareg. It was once one of the…
01 May 2022
The pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin of Socavon, in Bolivia, is a process…
01 May 2022
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…
01 Apr 2022
An effective treatment for skin infections, sores, and itches. Its common name is Nile tulip.…
01 Apr 2022
In the past, it was community work in which everyone was involved in the Buganda…
01 Apr 2022
Maloca means communal house, it represents the unity of the Asheninka community, an indigenous people…
01 Mar 2022
He never existed, yet his faithful are many. Saint Simón is the fusion between the…
01 Mar 2022
The Mozambican, Severino Elias Ngoenha, the main exponent of African philosophical thinking in Portuguese-speaking Africa,…
01 Mar 2022
The continent of Africa is endowed with plenty of important medicinal plants. One of such…
01 Mar 2022
A panorama of the newspapers founded by African intellectuals who gave and are still giving…
01 Feb 2022
Everything was against her. Aminata Gaye - Mina ‘the veiled one’ is her stage name…
01 Feb 2022
Johannesburg, often associated with skyscrapers, insecurity, crime, begging, and in some areas, difficult access to…
01 Feb 2022
In the Congolese capital, as in the rest of the country, cultural spaces are almost…
01 Feb 2022
One of the greatest feasts among the Guji - an Oromo ethnic group - is…
01 Jan 2022
It is a medicinal plant used for treatment of a number of diseases among them…
01 Jan 2022
Andean Chakana is the symbol of the principle of relations with people and nature. It…
01 Jan 2022
The Ta Oi is an ethnic group living in A Luoi a rural district of …
01 Jan 2022
The Kunama, an Eritrean ethnic group living in the remote and isolated area between the…
01 Dec 2021
In traditional medicine, the plant is used to treat a number of diseases like bronchial asthma,…
01 Dec 2021
The Azerbaijan art of weaving is unique: it is an ancient tradition, a mystical and…
01 Dec 2021
Mexican people and other cultures have been a corn-based diet culture since ancient times. Mexican…
01 Dec 2021
It began in an Islamic context as a religious dance but today it has a…
01 Nov 2021
The Ticuna indigenous ethnic group is one of the most numerous in the 'Amazonian Trapezium'…
01 Nov 2021
A genus Blighia comprises only three species and is endemic in tropical Africa. It can…
01 Nov 2021
Stricken by adversity a Karimojong man, a member of an ethnic group of northern Uganda,…
01 Nov 2021
It is a country with over 10 ethnic groups, each with different cultural traditions and…
01 Oct 2021
The mention of Jamaica immediately reminds us of reggae music and such figures as Bob…
01 Oct 2021
The textiles of the Andean Valley stand out not only for the technical complexity of…
01 Oct 2021
It is one of the most iconic of the African land mammals. It lives in…
01 Oct 2021
The indigenous Pech people (one of the original peoples of Honduras), is one of the…
01 Sep 2021
Among the indigenous peoples of the Andes, every detail of life has a fundamental meaning…
01 Sep 2021
It is one of the most popular herbal plants and has been used as a…
01 Sep 2021
The animal symbolic of the African savannah is known all over the world for its…
01 Sep 2021
The Bakiga or Kiga people are known as people of the mountain. They are a…
01 Aug 2021
This internal lake of Ethiopia is an Alpine circle of muddy waters, more than three…
01 Aug 2021
It is used for a treatment of a number of diseases. The plant can be…
01 Aug 2021
Giraffe, in the Sindebele and Zulu languages, is Ndlulamiti, meaning literally ‘higher than the trees’,…
01 Aug 2021
The Shuar are an Amazonian indigenous people whose culture, life, and spirituality are based on…
01 Jul 2021
Among the waci (a name that means 'the souls of our ancestors dwell here') of…
01 Jul 2021
Hundreds of species of bird migrate seasonally, covering enormous distances, urged on by irresistible instinct.…
01 Jul 2021
For the Karimojong, a pastoral and semi-nomadic tribe living in the north-eastern regions of Uganda,…
01 Jul 2021
The Gedeo are an ethnic group in southern Ethiopia. Among the Gedeo, there are three…
01 Jun 2021
With the initiative of Christopher Kirkley, an American bio-engineer who has become a music producer,…
01 Jun 2021
The films made by young directors can be traced to two main streams. Afrofuturism which…
01 Jun 2021
Four hundred years ago, a group of black slaves fled from the Spanish Crown to…
01 Jun 2021
Known as African olive or bush candle, this tropical tree is highly beneficial to human…
01 May 2021
Capable, beautiful and full of positive energy, the Egyptian soprano Fatma Said with her formidable…
01 May 2021
Within the priceless cultural heritage that is preserved among the Indian peoples of Mexico and…
01 May 2021
She wants to make history: to be the first Kenyan Karate Woman to take part…
01 May 2021
Besides their family names, the Batooro have pet names called empako. It was a sign…
01 Apr 2021
The Warao indigenous people inhabit the states of Bolívar, Monagas, Sucre and Delta Amacuro in…
01 Apr 2021
The South African musician and composer was active both in music and in politics. At…
01 Apr 2021
A martial art that combines dance, self-defence and music, with its roots in ritual Bantu…
01 Apr 2021
A museum project has been launched this year under the care of architect David Adjaye…
01 Mar 2021
The Ghanaian band Santrofi demonstrates that Highlife music is still a rich and vital force.…
01 Mar 2021
In his last Encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti”, (“Brothers All”), Pope Francis is calling for…
01 Mar 2021
The pandemic forced it to close just a week after it was officially opened and…
01 Mar 2021
The Gospel track devised by South Africa DJ Master KG has spread on YouTube due…
01 Feb 2021
Cous cous, a popular emblematic dish of North Africa, has been placed on the list…
01 Feb 2021
The importance of medicinal plants in primary health care systems to treat and manage various…
01 Feb 2021
The discovery by Egyptian archaeologists of more than a hundred sealed sarcophagi in the necropolis…
01 Feb 2021
The Sami have always lived in the far north of the continent. Historically oppressed and…
01 Jan 2021
Medicinal plants continue to play vital roles in primary health systems globally. A number of…
01 Jan 2021
The Guji are an ethnic group of southern Ethiopia. They belong to the great family…
01 Jan 2021
The Andean peoples preserve their ancient wisdoms with great care in order to lead a…
01 Jan 2021
Cop 27 is over. A first step in climate justice, but zero progress on the central issue of CO2 emissions. The principle of a new fund…
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The Tortoise and the Chimpanzee had been friends for a very long time and so it was only natural that they should invite each other to…
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Young people from nine different countries had a chance to each comment and ask a question to Pope Francis, during the online conversation. At the beginning…
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