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
The New York music house Ostinato Records recently released a Groupe RTD album – a…
01 Dec 2020
Piliostigma thonningii, common name 'camel’s foot', is a leguminous, deciduous tree with a single stem,…
01 Dec 2020
Aimed at Africans and the diaspora, the Pan-African Museum of Heritage and Culture in Accra…
01 Dec 2020
In the African context, Ubuntu is a religious belief which concerns the need for humans…
01 Dec 2020
On the Madagascar plateau the bodies of the dead are exhumed from their tombs and…
01 Nov 2020
The wars in Syria and Iraq are (mostly) over, but the region’s rich cultural heritage…
01 Nov 2020
Syria is the Arab country that has best preserved the physical evidence of its pre-Islamic…
01 Nov 2020
The head of a musical movement that is both cultural and profitable, Michael Kwesi Owusu…
01 Nov 2020
The Qhapaq Ñan is an extraordinary set of roads constructed by the Incas. This network…
01 Oct 2020
Plants have been a source of effective therapeutic agents for various diseases. Globally, there is…
01 Oct 2020
Wearing a mask is essential when faced with a virus like Covid-19. The notion of…
01 Sep 2020
Evocative music, blending ancestral melodies and pop rhythms. "I hear our ancestors encouraging us to…
01 Sep 2020
The masks of the Americas, despite the differences in styles of the ethnic groups in…
01 Sep 2020
The Dream Catchers Academy is an organisation that helps street children. To give them some…
01 Aug 2020
Vital in traditional medicine for the treatment and management of various disease conditions. The ash…
01 Aug 2020
His name is Steven Umoh but in the world of music, he is known by…
01 Aug 2020
A visual Mexican artist collects arms used during violent times in his country and transforms…
01 Aug 2020
His eighties hit Yeke Yeke made him one of the prime artists of nascent world…
01 Jul 2020
It is used to treat different allergies and help various antioxidant-associated health benefits. Globally, a…
01 Jul 2020
A victim of the Coronavirus, in Paris, on 24 March 2020. The Cameroonian saxophonist and…
01 Jun 2020
The ancient pre-Hispanic city of Uxmal and its three surrounding sites: Kabhá, Labná and Sayil admirably…
01 Jun 2020, Culture June 2020
A mixture of Anatolian pop and oriental folk, gypsy resonances and western sounds. A committed voice…
01 May 2020, Culture May 2020
Grand Zimbabwe is one of Africa's largest and most complex archaeological sites. Its origins and decline…
01 May 2020, Culture May 2020
The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use, especially for medicinal purposes but…
01 May 2020, Culture May 2020
The root in the form of a powder, a decoction, or an infusion, is taken to…
01 Apr 2020, Culture April 2020
The legacy of the time of the Pharaohs of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty is being ransomed after…
01 Apr 2020, Culture April 2020
Omar Sosa and Gustavo Ovalles. Two great musicians, two different stories often merging in a most…
01 Apr 2020, Culture April 2020
It is used to treat backache and brittle bones. The decoction from the leaves is…
01 Mar 2020, Culture March 2020
A school of dance for the blind, the only one of its kind in the world,…
01 Mar 2020, Culture March 2020
If the samba is the sound of Rio de Janeiro, the frevo is that of Recife…
01 Feb 2020, Culture February 2020
Boj, which originates from the northern region of Alta Verapaz, has a cultural and spiritual meaning…
01 Jan 2020, Culture January 2020
Its name means "The Place of Adjacent Mounds." This site was contemporary with Tikal and Palenque.…
01 Jan 2020, Culture January 2020
Afro-Maghrebian percussion, ngoni, chants and choreography, driven by infallible and colorful arrangements make it possible to…
01 Jan 2020, Culture January 2020
In the Nahuatl language, spoken in the central region of Mexico, Machincuepa means somersaults or ‘pirouette’.…
01 Dec 2019, Culture December 2019
Deeply rooted in the land and culture of his ancestors, Achinoam Nini, known in the world…
01 Dec 2019, Culture December 2019
The Bari, a South Sudan ethnic group who live on the Savannah along the White Nile,…
01 Nov 2019, Culture November 2019
The slums of Katwe have seen the birth of a new circus where the jugglers, acrobats,…
01 Oct 2019, Culture October 2019
Every town and city has its own tales, myths, and legends that make up part of…
01 Oct 2019, Culture October 2019
At the famous Parc des Princes studio in Paris on 7 June of this year, during…
01 Oct 2019, Culture October 2019
He is considered one of the best living blues guitarists. He has succeeded in combining the…
01 Sep 2019, Culture September 2019
Indigenous to North Africa, the Amazigh people, sometimes known as Berbers, have spent decades fighting for…
01 Sep 2019, Culture September 2019
Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was imprisoned and exiled for his political beliefs. As he became…
01 Sep 2019, Culture September 2019
From the Maghreb to Southern Africa, a myriad of flavours, aromas and colours. A journey through…
01 Jul 2019, Culture July 2019
It is a plant used as a medicine for several therapeutic treatments. The leaf decoction is…
01 Jul 2019, Culture July 2019
Highly valued in traditional medicine for treatment and management of a number of diseases and disorders. Funtumia…
01 Jun 2019, Culture June 2019
A voice that radiates all the moods and colours of Africa. She is one of the…
01 May 2019, Culture May 2019
It possesses great nutritional and medicinal values. The plant is used in the treatment of a…
01 May 2019, Culture May 2019
“With her powerful voice and unique style she succeeded in bringing together the treasures of traditional…
01 Apr 2019, Culture April 2019
The Museum of Africa aspires to be an open space for discussion of the sad colonial…
01 Apr 2019, Culture April 2019
It is used as medicine, source of fibre, and wood. But also in the treatment of…
01 Apr 2019, Culture April 2019
The Museum of African Civilisation was founded in Dakar: it contains African art from its origins…
01 Apr 2019, Culture April 2019
His songs criticise the government and corrupt politics. Young people listen to him and have elected…
01 Mar 2019, Culture March 2019
Financed by Istanbul, it also contains other structures: a congress hall, administration offices and a library.…
01 Mar 2019, Culture March 2019
It is an important plant for medical use. But it is also used to make furniture…
01 Mar 2019, Culture March 2019
When most people think of Mexican food, the first thing that comes to mind may be…
01 Feb 2019, Culture February 2019
“Her songs speak of love, altruism and courage; they are messages against intolerance and of all…
01 Feb 2019, Culture February 2019
In the Philippines, the missionaries of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) are committing to plant 100,000 seedlings of Bamboo by 2022. With an…
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