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The first French trading post in sub-Saharan Africa was established in Senegal's Saint-Louis in 1659 and the island soon became a holding point for thousands of captive Africans before they were shipped abroad. But Saint-Louis' role in the transatlantic s

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Angélique Kidjo makes history as first black African honoured on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Culture • 6:18 AM

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Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo on Tuesday became the first Black African to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/19/angelique-kid

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'Sape' a cultural movement showcased at the 6th edition of DR Congo Fashion Week

Culture • 8:15 PM

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The sixth edition of DR Congo Fashion Week in the capital Kinshasa, brought together local stylists, fashion designers and "sapeurs" as well as those from the neighbouring Republic of Congo<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="

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Senegal’s historic pirogue regatta brings Saint-Louis to life

Culture • 11:27 AM

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Thousands gathered in Saint-Louis on Saturday for the city’s traditional pirogue regatta, a centuries-old competition rooted in the fishing community of Guet-Ndar. Beyond the fierce rivalry on the water, the event celebrates heritage, solidarity and a leg

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Emmy-nominated director looks to Tupac trial for long-awaited closure

Culture • 12:27 AM

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Emmy-nominated director Alexandria Stapleton is hoping the trial of a man accused of orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing will bring answers and “some sort of closure” to the rapper’s family, friends and fans.<div class="small-12 column text-center a

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Chef preserves Hatay's culinary heritage after devastating earthquake

Culture • 4:50 PM

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Chef preserves Hatay's culinary heritage after devastating earthquake<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/12/chef-preserves-hatays-culinary-heritage-after-devastating-earthquake/?utm_source=t

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Kinshasa skate festival aims to change perceptions of urban sports

Culture • 7:33 PM

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As skateboarding continues to grow in popularity, organizers hope the festival will help establish urban sports as an important part of Congo's cultural and sporting future.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.afri

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Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean perform at Hill's Diaspora Calling! festival in UK

Culture • 10:01 AM

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Ms Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean - two-third of Fugees - performed all of their landmark album "The Score," as Hill's Diaspora Calling! festival made its UK debut on Friday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africa

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Vibra-Signe: a dance technique for the deaf and hard of hearing born in Burkina Faso

Culture • 3:06 PM

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Founded in 2018 by choreographer Yaya Sanou, this unique Burkinabe contemporary dance troupe relies on "Vibra-Signe," a dance technique for the deaf and hard of hearing created by the company's founder.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__butt

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South African ballet competition inspires a new generation of young dancers

Culture • 9:35 PM

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Organizers say the competition continues to broaden access to ballet, helping develop a more diverse generation of performers while raising South Africa's profile on the international stage.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href=

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Tyla drops Nigeria tour date after xenophobia backlash

Culture • 12:52 AM

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Following growing criticism across social media linked to South Africa's anti migrants attacks,, South African music star Tyla has removed Nigeria from the list of destinations on her upcoming A*Pop World Tour.<div class="small-12 column text-center artic

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Supernatural mini-series 'Possession' explores legacy of colonialism

Culture • 6:45 PM

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The five-part thriller blends supernatural mystery and magical realism to explore the enduring legacy of colonialism and slavery.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/04/supernatural-mini-seri

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Spider-Man swings to record-breaking box office debut

Culture • 3:51 PM

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Spider-Man is swinging to record-breaking heights. "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" has delivered the second-biggest North American opening weekend in box office history, earning a staggering 355 million dollars, just behind "Avengers: Endgame."<div class="sma

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Jazz bridges cultures at Abuja's 'Jazz Across Continents' festival

Culture • 7:05 AM

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Soulful melodies, African rhythms and international influences filled the Transcorp Hilton Abuja as musicians and jazz enthusiasts gathered for the second edition of Jazz Across Continents.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="

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Kinshasa: 'The night has its own realities' group helps impoverished children

Culture • 8:14 PM

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For the past three years, Sarah Ndele and her friends have been traveling through the working-class neighborhoods of Kinshasa as part of their project “Butu nde Makambu” (“The Night Has Its Own Realities”), aiming to introduce children to art.<div class="

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UNESCO lists South Sudan's antelope migration route as world heritage in danger

Culture • 4:35 PM

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The UNESCO designation is expected to boost international support for conservation and could help attract tourism and funding to protect one of Africa's most spectacular natural ecosystems.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="

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São Tomé and Príncipe’s historic plantations added to UNESCO world heritage list

Culture • 4:07 PM

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Beyond their architectural and agricultural importance, the sites also preserve the memory of thousands of workers who were brought to the islands under harsh conditions during Portuguese rule.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hr

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Masks, rituals and tradition take center stage in Porto-Novo

Culture • 9:53 AM

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For two days, Benin’s political capital, Porto-Novo, came alive with the mythical Egungun, Zangbéto and Guèlèdè figures during the Mask Festival, as ceremonies and parades filled the city with color and tradition.<div class="small-12 column text-center ar

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Six ancient medinas in Comoros join UNESCO's World Heritage list

Culture • 9:58 AM

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Some of the ancient cities of palaces, mosques, public squares, and narrow streets date back to the 12th century and are still inhabited.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/25/six-ancient-me

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Wrestling to become a man in Togo's ancestral rite of passage

Culture • 3:18 PM

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Every mid-July, thousands of ethnic Kabye men aged 18 to 20 take part in the ancestral rite of passage in the west African nation's Kara region, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the capital, Lome<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button">

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Philippines capital hosts a centre to train priests and clergy in exorcism

Culture • 5:07 PM

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Opened five months ago, it is the only institute of its kind in Asia and receives clergy from across the region.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/23/philippines-capital-hosts-a-centre-to-t

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Morocco celebrates 30 years of international storytelling festival

Culture • 2:10 PM

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A festival in Morocco's Rabat explores the power and endurance of oral storytelling, centering tales that dive into the concept of the homeland.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/23/morocco

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World Cup halftime performers see jump in song streams

Culture • 7:29 AM

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It was the 11-minute performance heard around the world. Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and Shakira each brought abridged hits to the World Cup’s first halftime show in a whirlwind performance Sunday just outside New York. And it has resulted in some notewor

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Threading a future: The woman weaving a new art form in Burkina Faso

Culture • 2:38 PM

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In a country where painting and sculpture have long reigned supreme, one artist is threading a bold new vision—one nail, one strand, one masterpiece at a time<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026

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Judge hearing evidence against singer D4vd in killing, dismemberment of teen

Culture • 7:50 AM

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Prosecutors on Tuesday showed a body camera video with singer D4vd telling sheriff's deputies who were investigating a missing person's report that he had only met then-13-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez once in person, and he did not know she was a mino

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Cairo's historic Sultan Qaytbay Mosque-Mausoleum reopens

Culture • 3:38 PM

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The mosque-mausoleum of the ruler of the Mamluk Sultanate has reopened after years of restoration in Cairo.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/21/cairos-historic-sultan-qaytbay-mosque-mausol

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40th edition of the Nuits d'Afrique music festival comes to a close

Culture • 2:32 PM

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Forty years after its first edition, Montreal’s Nuits d’Afrique international music festival once again celebrated the influence of African cultures.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/21/40

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Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' storms the box office

Culture • 8:41 AM

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Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” launched with an estimated $124.5 million in US ticket sales and another $139.6 million from overseas, notching an even better debut than “Oppenheimer” and marking the filmmaker’s best opening since 2012’s “The Dark Knigh

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Nuits d'Afrique festival returns for 40th year celebration

Culture • 3:18 PM

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Forty years ago, Lamine Touré, owner of the legendary Balattou club, and Suzanne Rousseau launched this ambitious project to celebrate African cultures<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/19/

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Ivory Coast fashion designers storm the international stage

Culture • 2:18 PM

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Favoured by the likes of Beyoncé and Aya Nakamura, Ivory Coast fashion is wooing the world stage, thanks in part to showcasing on social media.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/17/ivory-co

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"Shangwe, le bal": a dance project full of joy

Culture • 10:28 AM

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On a sweltering afternoon in the French city of Lyon, around 60 dancers fully ignored the heat to immerse themselves in a festive performance brought to them by Kenyan-American choreographer and dancer Wanjiru Kamuyu.<div class="small-12 column text-cente

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13th Kinshasa International Film Festival opens

Culture • 12:56 AM

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Born out of a belief that Africans should watch African films and tell their own stories, the Kinshasa International Film Festival opened its doors for its 13th year in the Congolese capital<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href=

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A Gaza bookseller returned to the ruins for the books

Culture • 5:44 PM

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When war destroyed his home and bookstore in Beit Lahia, Mohammed Saad lost far more than a business.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/13/a-gaza-bookseller-returned-to-the-ruins-for-the-bo

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Bruce Lee becomes first Chinese American honoured with state day

Culture • 6:59 AM

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California will honour martial arts legend Bruce Lee with an annual day of recognition after Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation making May 17 Bruce Lee Day, a first for a Chinese American in the state's history.<div class="small-12 column text-cente

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Syria unveils archaeological treasures returned from France after 15 years

Culture • 9:59 AM

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When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Syria earlier this week, he brought with him a number of archaeological treasures that had been held in France since 2011.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanew

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At Jazzablanca, Jowee Omicil celebrates jazz without borders

Culture • 12:40 AM

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In Casablanca, the Canadian saxophonist and composer of Haitian descent presents his new album, *sMiLes*, a musical project conceived as a sonic journey beyond borders<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews

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How AI is reshaping Sierra Leone's music industry

Culture • 1:13 PM

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping Sierra Leone's music industry, offering artists new creative tools while raising difficult questions about originality, ownership and copyright.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="

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Fans and locals welcome return of Tunisia's Tabarka Jazz Festival

Culture • 9:39 AM

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Tunisia's famous Tabarka Jazz Festival is back after a six-year hiatus.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/09/fans-and-locals-welcome-return-of-tunisias-tabarka-jazz-festival/?utm_source=tes

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Ceuzany, Cape Verde's golden voice with volcanic emotion

Culture • 7:08 AM

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Barefoot, arms raised and teeming with emotion, Ceuzany belts out the signature track from her latest album, a song dedicated to the fight against domestic violence, in a powerful voice that sends shivers through the Cape Verde bar<div class="small-12 col

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Artisanal potters in Benin are preserving their heritage

Culture • 4:23 PM

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Women in Sè, a village in south-western Benin that is celebrated as the country’s pottery capital, carry on their family traditions.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/03/artisanal-potters-i

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Wole Soyinka university theatre fosters new talent in Nigeria and beyond

Culture • 8:00 PM

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At the University of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria, the Wole Soyinka Theatre stands out as a true breeding ground for talent. For decades, it has trained artists who have shaped theatre, film, and culture in Nigeria and beyond.<div class="small-12 column

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Morocco's Gnaoua festival celebrates African roots through music and cultural exchange

Culture • 5:04 PM

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The festival is known for creating unexpected collaborations between artists from different musical backgrounds, and this year's edition continued that tradition.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/

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Rwanda's royal cattle pampered with poetry and music

Culture • 12:52 AM

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The Inyambo breed at the King's Palace Museum have become living symbols of the nation's cultural heritage.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/28/rwandas-royal-cattle-pampered-with-poetry-an

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African leaders mark Juneteenth with call for reparations for Atlantic slave trade

Culture • 9:03 AM

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African and Caribbean leaders marked Juneteenth on Friday with a call for reparations from former slave-trading nations.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/20/african-leaders-mark-juneteenth

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South Africa inmates embrace art to curb repeat offending

Culture • 7:33 PM

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At a correctional facility in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city, visitors are greeted by something unexpected: an art gallery. The exhibition of inmates' artwork is part of the country’s effort to reduce repeat offending through rehabilitation pro

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Libyan archaeologists battle to save ancient Greek ruins in east of country

Culture • 1:43 PM

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The sites at Cyrene and Apollonia were first targeted by jihadists following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and then ravaged by Storm Daniel in 2023.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/25/libya

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Lack of basic services leads South Africans to look beyond traditional party allegiance

Culture • 1:41 PM

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Pot holes, garbage and sewage - all challenges facing the residents of South Africa’s Evaton West township. Many voters cite the lack of basic services as the reason they abandoned the ruling ANC, handing victory to the opposition Democratic Alliance in l

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Nigeria hosts Africa's first playback theatre festival

Culture • 10:47 AM

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On stage, performers transformed ordinary life experiences into spontaneous theatre, drawing smiles, reflection, and sometimes sadness from the audience<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/25

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Workshop addresses issues facing young Africans online in the digital age

Culture • 11:31 AM

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'Laissons Parler Les Gens' explored ways of engaging young Africans through humour digital storytelling and culture as it discussed the dark side of the digital era. The gathering in Belgium formed part of the Kouman x Brussels initiative, a cultural proj

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Congolese chefs put high-end spin on traditional cuisine

Culture • 12:52 AM

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Yam gratin, safou-fruit butter and caterpillar sauce: in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country not usually associated with high cuisine, a new generation of chefs is putting a gourmet spin on traditional recipes.<div class="small-12 column text-cent

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From ancient practice to global movement: yoga's enduring journey

Culture • 2:23 PM

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Indian yoga expert and teacher Varun Veer said that its Western form is often reduced to the physical dimension, but the millennia-old practice is also mental and spiritual.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.afri

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Chloe Bailey stars in psychological thriller 'Strung'

Culture • 4:01 PM

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Chloe Bailey leads Malcolm D. Lee’s new psychological thriller, “Strung.” Bailey plays Laila, a musical prodigy who takes a job as a tutor for a young girl. As Bailey’s character learns more about the family she works for, she recognizes dark secrets and

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Kinshasa priest engages DR Congo youth with rap music

Culture • 4:22 PM

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Clad in his black cassock and energised by the frenetic beat, Jean-Pierre Mongambi, Kinshasa's "rapping priest", roamed underprivileged districts using rap to bring the gospel to the city's youth.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a

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Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s World-Renowned Jazz Maestro, Dies at 91

Culture • 1:42 PM

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Legendary South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim has died at 91, leaving behind a remarkable musical legacy shaped by exile, resistance and cultural identity. Discovered by Duke Ellington, his compositions became synonymous with the anti-apar

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Burundi's drum heritage takes center stage at UMUKOZO Cultural Festival

Culture • 2:38 PM

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Under the theme “Our Identity is Culture,” the UMUKOZO Festival was recently held in Bujumbura. The country's renowned traditional drummers delivered powerful and synchronized performances on large royal drums.<div class="small-12 column text-center artic

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Naila Opiangah: From Gabon to the global art scene

Culture • 5:35 PM

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Now based between Ghana and New York, the 31-year-old artist says her work is deeply personal, but also political.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/11/naila-opiangah-from-gabon-to-the-glob

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Nigerian museum revamp amplifies calls for return of looted treasures

Culture • 3:52 PM

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Western museums, including those in Britain, the Netherlands and Germany, have in recent years returned several hundred artefacts, but countless more remain in galleries in Europe and America<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href

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Reimagining African storytelling through video mapping in Burundi

Culture • 4:21 PM

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Historic buildings became giant digital canvases as Burundi hosted Africa’s first-ever AFRICA ON MAPPING Festival. Combining video projections, dance, poetry and technology, the event transformed Bujumbura into a hub of immersive artistic expression.<div

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Pointe-Noire celebrates African textiles at 13th International Fashion Carousel

Culture • 1:27 PM

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Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of the Republic of Congo, welcomed designers, models and fashion enthusiasts from across the continent for the 13th edition of the Carrousel International de la Mode, held from June 4 to 7, 2026.<div class="small-12 colu

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Visitors get sneak preview of Obama Presidential Centre

Culture • 11:56 AM

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The campus in Chicago opens officially on 19 June, coinciding with Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the US.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/04/visitors-ge

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