Three interesting books for this spring. The modern world is built on commodities – from the…
01 Mar 2023
The Acholi people live in Northern Uganda. They have a rich and diverse cultural heritage.…
01 Mar 2023
In the film ‘Nanny’, Nikyatu Jusu's debut horror explores the dark side of the American…
01 Mar 2023
Every Saturday they meet in a modest place where they share their creations and subject…
01 Mar 2023
The Anata festival - Anata in Aymara means game - is of pre-Hispanic tradition. It…
01 Feb 2023
From the golden sands of the Sahara Desert to the renowned world of music festivals.…
01 Feb 2023
It is one of the most popular and unique dance styles practiced in Ghana. It…
01 Feb 2023
It is a rite of gratitude of the native Andean peoples towards Pachamama (Mother Earth),…
01 Feb 2023
This plant has been used in various parts of Africa in folk medicine to treat…
01 Jan 2023
Black Panther: Wakanda forever and The Woman King have sparked interesting debates both in the…
01 Jan 2023
For over fifty years he has been the voice of this ethnic group of Ethiopia…
01 Jan 2023
Religion, philosophy, legends, imperial politics, and folklore – these are the ingredients of one of…
01 Jan 2023
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…
01 Dec 2022
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…
01 Nov 2022
A heart that beats to the rhythm of Africa Paul Van Haver was born in…
01 Nov 2022
‘City of Lights’, as Rabat, the administrative capital of Morocco, is called. The name is…
01 Nov 2022
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 who…
01 Mar 2021, Culture March 2021
The Ghanaian band Santrofi demonstrates that Highlife music is still a rich and vital force. Artistically…
01 Mar 2021, Culture March 2021
In his last Encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti”, (“Brothers All”), Pope Francis is calling for a…
01 Mar 2021, Culture March 2021
The pandemic forced it to close just a week after it was officially opened and did…
01 Mar 2021, Culture March 2021
The Gospel track devised by South Africa DJ Master KG has spread on YouTube due to…
01 Feb 2021, Culture February 2021
Cous cous, a popular emblematic dish of North Africa, has been placed on the list of…
01 Feb 2021, Culture February 2021
The importance of medicinal plants in primary health care systems to treat and manage various disease…
01 Feb 2021, Culture February 2021
The discovery by Egyptian archaeologists of more than a hundred sealed sarcophagi in the necropolis of…
01 Feb 2021, Culture February 2021
The Sami have always lived in the far north of the continent. Historically oppressed and assimilated,…
01 Jan 2021, Culture January 2021
Medicinal plants continue to play vital roles in primary health systems globally. A number of plants…
01 Jan 2021, Culture January 2021
The Guji are an ethnic group of southern Ethiopia. They belong to the great family of…
01 Jan 2021, Culture January 2021
The Andean peoples preserve their ancient wisdoms with great care in order to lead a good…
01 Jan 2021, Culture January 2021
The New York music house Ostinato Records recently released a Groupe RTD album – a Djibouti…
01 Dec 2020, Culture December 2020
Piliostigma thonningii, common name 'camel’s foot', is a leguminous, deciduous tree with a single stem, native…
01 Dec 2020, Culture December 2020
Aimed at Africans and the diaspora, the Pan-African Museum of Heritage and Culture in Accra (Ghana)…
01 Dec 2020, Culture December 2020
In the African context, Ubuntu is a religious belief which concerns the need for humans to…
01 Dec 2020, Culture December 2020
On the Madagascar plateau the bodies of the dead are exhumed from their tombs and brought…
01 Nov 2020, Culture November 2020
The wars in Syria and Iraq are (mostly) over, but the region’s rich cultural heritage remains…
01 Nov 2020, Culture November 2020
Syria is the Arab country that has best preserved the physical evidence of its pre-Islamic past:…
01 Nov 2020, Culture November 2020
The head of a musical movement that is both cultural and profitable, Michael Kwesi Owusu Addo,…
01 Nov 2020, Culture November 2020
The Qhapaq Ñan is an extraordinary set of roads constructed by the Incas. This network connects…
01 Oct 2020, Culture October 2020
Plants have been a source of effective therapeutic agents for various diseases. Globally, there is a…
01 Oct 2020, Culture October 2020
Wearing a mask is essential when faced with a virus like Covid-19. The notion of human…
01 Sep 2020, Culture September 2020
Evocative music, blending ancestral melodies and pop rhythms. "I hear our ancestors encouraging us to find…
01 Sep 2020, Culture September 2020
The Dream Catchers Academy is an organisation that helps street children. To give them some dignity…
01 Aug 2020, Culture August 2020
Vital in traditional medicine for the treatment and management of various disease conditions. The ash is…
01 Aug 2020, Culture August 2020
His name is Steven Umoh but in the world of music, he is known by all…
01 Aug 2020, Culture August 2020
A visual Mexican artist collects arms used during violent times in his country and transforms them…
01 Aug 2020, Culture August 2020
His eighties hit Yeke Yeke made him one of the prime artists of nascent world music. The…
01 Jul 2020, Culture July 2020
It is used to treat different allergies and help various antioxidant-associated health benefits. Globally, a number…
01 Jul 2020, Culture July 2020
A victim of the Coronavirus, in Paris, on 24 March 2020. The Cameroonian saxophonist and composer,…
01 Jun 2020, Culture June 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 Congolese activist and jurist Yvette Mushigo is the coordinator of the Synergie des Femmes pour la Paix et la Réconciliation (SPR), a network of…
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