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UNESCO finds ISIS-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls

Sunday, june 30, 2024

Culture • 9:57 AM

Iraqi authorities have requested UNESCO to halt all reconstruction operations at al-Nouri mosque and evacuate the entire complex until the devices are disarmed.

Nextflix documentary tells all about the first Black Barbie

Friday, june 21, 2024

Culture • 12:45 AM

1-hour-34-mminute “Black Barbie: A Documentary" covers the history of Black dolls and their impact on civil rights as well as Black entrepreneurship.

"African Symphony": when classical music meets legendary African hits

Thursday, june 20, 2024

Culture • 5:30 PM

Beninese star Angelique Kidjo took up the challenge to celebrate African legends like Miriam Makeba, Fela Kuti and stars from the younger generation that includes Burna Boy, Rema, Nomcebo Zikode and Nomcebo Zikode with a classical orchestral twist.

Gaza war: In gesture of solidarity, artists present exhibition in Chile

Culture • 11:58 AM

7 min

The National Archives of Chile opened Wednesday (Jun. 19) an exhibition titled "From all the rivers to all the seas of the world". It echoes a famous Palestinian rallying cry.

Rema's 'Calm Down' makes Afrobeats history in the US

Wednesday, june 19, 2024

Culture • 10:58 AM

Originally released as part of Rema's debut album 'Raves & Roses' in March 2022, 'Calm Down' gained further popularity with a remix featuring Selena Gomez.

Morgan Freeman honored at Monte-Carlo Television Festival

Monday, june 17, 2024

Culture • 2:54 PM

The 87-year-old who was given the Crystal Nymph award at the opening ceremony on June 14.

Historic Ugandan artifacts return home for three years

Friday, june 14, 2024

Culture • 2:48 PM

Ugandan officials, seeking such restitution, first traveled to Cambridge in 2022 as more African governments started to demand accountability over items of aesthetic or cultural value that were looted before and during the colonial era.

The Recording Academy "Grammys" extends reach to Africa

Thursday, june 13, 2024

Culture • 1:47 PM

"This is exciting because music is one of humanity’s greatest natural resources,"

Cambridge returns 39 artifacts to Uganda on loan

Culture • 1:23 PM

The items remain the property of the collection of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge, which is loaning them to Uganda for an initial period of three years.

Babyface, Usher honored at the Apollo’s 2024 Spring Benefit

Wednesday, june 12, 2024

Culture • 1:16 PM

Music industry icons attended the Spring Benefit. The celebration marked the 90th Anniversary of the legendary Harlem institution.

Gaza circus performers put smile on faces of Palestinian children

Culture • 10:50 AM

Members of a circus performing group have been looking to bring a temporary smile to the faces of displaced children in the conflict-ridden Gaza Strip, helping them to briefly escape the horrors of war as they visit shelters to offer some light relief.

USA: A new attraction featuring Tiana, Disney's first Black princess, to open

Tuesday, june 11, 2024

Culture • 1:45 PM

'The Princess and the Frog' is a retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. In the 1-hour-37 minute-film finds the lives of arrogant Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths.

Sister artists celebrate Aboriginal culture and vibrancy of northern Australia

Monday, june 10, 2024

Culture • 1:55 PM

The Ngalakgan People have lived in Urapunga (northern Australia) for millennia. Artists Rhonda and Margaret Duncan come from a long lineage of masters in traditional weaving, painting, and carving.

A mobile library helps boost literacy among pupils in the DR Congo

Wednesday, june 5, 2024

Culture • 1:21 PM

6 min

Kitabus addresses potential issues of mobility or the low interest in reading in a city of 3 million inhabitants, but which has fewer than 5 physical public libraries.

Ghana’s Afronita and Abigail emerge 3rd at 2024 Britain’s Got Talent

Monday, june 3, 2024

Culture • 1:53 PM

Ghana’s Afronita and Abigail emerge 3rd at 2024 Britain’s Got Talent show

Historic Cairo hosts diverse cultural performances during drum festival

Sunday, june 2, 2024

Culture • 7:56 AM

Cairo's drum festival opened this week, bringing together around 40 folkloric troupes from around the world.

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunite for new "Bad Boys" film

Friday, may 31, 2024

Culture • 2:31 PM

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have reunited for the fourth installment of the "Bad Boys" franchise, "Bad Boys: Ride of Die".

Ghana's Afronita, Abigail reach Britain's Got Talent finale

Culture • 11:13 AM

"...your musicality is out of this world and your personality really shines through. Love you, love you,”

Cuba's traditional 'guayabera' shirt on the way to global icon status

Culture • 10:05 AM

A museum in the Cuban town of Sancti Spiritus is hoping to make the cotton 'guayabera' shirt just as internationally famous as cigars, rum and palm trees.

Tate Britain: Alvaro Barrington's "Grace" explores Carribean culture

Thursday, may 30, 2024

Culture • 3:35 PM

A new exhibition at London's Tate Britain celebrates the work of Alvaro Barrington. The "Grace" installation has been heavily influenced the artist's early childhood in the Caribbean and carnival culture.

Irish festival explores Nigeria's thriving writing industry

Wednesday, may 29, 2024

Culture • 4:00 PM

Nigerian-German writer Olumide Popoola and literary agent Bibi Bakare-Yusuf of Cassava Republic Press discussed the past, present and future of Nigerian and African writing.

Morocco: One of the world’s oldest universities draws global students

Monday, may 27, 2024

Culture • 3:13 PM

Founded 12 centuries ago as a mosque by a pioneering woman in the old medina of Fez in Morocco, al-Qarawiyyin University hosts one of the world’s oldest libraries, home to unique Islamic manuscripts treasured by historians

Aline Motta's "Brazil and Africa, a shared history" on display at Gorée Island

Sunday, may 26, 2024

Culture • 2:06 PM

The exhibition addresses the contemporary consequences of the transatlantic slave trade and colonization, inviting reflection on our identities, relationship with the past, and presence in today's world.

Burna Boy to make Nollywood debut

Thursday, may 23, 2024

Culture • 11:49 AM

The ‘African Giant’ crooner is set to make his debut as an executive producer in Black Mic Mac’s upcoming movie ‘3 Cold Dishes.’

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz honored at Gordon Parks Foundation gala

Wednesday, may 22, 2024

Culture • 12:10 AM

At a gala in New York, the Gordon Parks Foundation honored Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Colin Kaepernick, the late Richard Roundtree, and Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights activist Medgar Evers. The event celebrated individuals who have made signi

One-year-old Ghanaian breaks Guinness World Record, inspires call for early talent nurturing

Monday, may 20, 2024

Culture • 11:29 AM

Ace Liam's milestone surprised many Ghanaians who were skeptical about a one-year-old's ability to create meaningful art. However, Amateifio views Ace Liam's feat as an important milestone.

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival honors six 'Women in Cinema'

Sunday, may 19, 2024

Culture • 2:20 PM

"Hell, yeah. It's the best. It's amazing. I think that it feels like an honor, actually, I think, you know, especially Red Sea is especially, highlighting women of the Arab community and African community and, and just telling those stories and those poin

Funke Akindele, Mo Abudu & Jade Osiberu make Hollywood Reporter’s Powerful Women in film list

Friday, may 17, 2024

Culture • 3:35 PM

This list recognizes women who are bringing stories to a global stage and nurturing new voices despite a disrupted film market.

Controversy at AMVCAs as 'A Tribe Called Judah' snubbed for 'Breath of Life"

Monday, may 13, 2024

Culture • 1:16 PM

The 2024 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards came with glamour and talent, but one film, 'A Tribe Called Judah,' stole the spotlight even in its defeat. Despite breaking box office records, it left empty-handed, igniting heated debate across social media.

Morocco celebrates Festibaz donkey festival

Friday, may 10, 2024

Culture • 12:34 AM

On the sidelines of the festival, the Society for the Protection of Animals and Nature organized a campaign to give treatment to donkeys.

Tyla's sandy gown and Zendaya's floral dresses among the standout looks at 2024 Met Gala

Tuesday, may 7, 2024

Culture • 6:02 PM

6 min

The official dress code this year was The Garden Of Time. The eponymous short-story by late British author JG Ballard was the inspiration for it. The castle garden which serves as a setting in the book influenced stars like Zendaya to go for floral and bo

South African actor Mpho Sebeng dies tragically in car accident

Monday, may 6, 2024

Culture • 10:21 AM

Among his notable works are appearances in TV dramas like "Justice For All" and "Zero Tolerance," both of which received widespread acclaim and numerous awards.

‘Water and Garri’: Tiwa Savage discusses her acting debut

Friday, may 3, 2024

Culture • 5:02 PM

The initial idea behind the movie was "supposed to be a visual project" to accompany music Savage had written two years earlier.

Nigerians pick sides as Wizkid and Davido clash online

Tuesday, april 30, 2024

Culture • 2:20 PM

The rivalry between these two afrobeat superstars, each commanding millions of followers globally, has divided Nigerian music enthusiasts into fervent camps: "Team Wizkid" or "Team Davido".

Repatriated South African apartheid-era artworks on display to celebrate 30 years of democracy

Friday, april 26, 2024

Culture • 10:04 AM

Most of the artworks were taken out of the country by foreign tourists and diplomats who had viewed them at the Australian Embassy in the capital, Pretoria.

Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' shines light on Black artists in country music

Saturday, april 20, 2024

Culture • 3:08 PM

Beyoncé's steamrolling into country music – and her motivation behind it — has reignited discussions about the genre's origins and diversity. But is Nashville, the capital of country music; prepared and willing to make space for difference?

BRICS Film Festival begins in Moscow

Friday, april 19, 2024

Culture • 2:04 PM

The BRICS Film Festival kicked off on Friday in Russia as part of the Moscow International Film Festival.

A Nigerian chess champion is trying to break the world record for the longest chess marathon

Culture • 1:30 PM

His goal is to play for 58 consecutive hours and raise $1m (£805,000) for charity, specifically for chess education among children.

Ghana's John Akomfrah represents Britain at Venice Biennale

Thursday, april 18, 2024

Culture • 4:55 PM

"I mean, this feels like a very significant moment for artists of color. Because I'm in the British pavilion. Next to me is a French one that's with an artist, Julien, who I love a lot, of African origin. And then next to me is a Canadian pavilion that ha

Cameroon opens museum honouring one of its oldest and most influential kingdoms

Monday, april 15, 2024

Culture • 4:44 PM

The Bamoun Kingdom is one of the oldest in sub-saharan Africa. Historians date its creation to the late XIVth century. Its capital is located in north-western Cameroon, in the city of Foumban.

Morocco: Arabic calligraphy exhibition celebrates Islamic heritage

Culture • 12:49 AM

The exhibition held during the month of Ramadan celebrated the various stages of writing Islam's holy book, from calligraphy to print.

Colonialism: London art exhibit explores Britain's imperialist past

Friday, april 12, 2024

Culture • 8:24 AM

A new solo exhibition by British artist Yinka Shonibare in London explores Britain's imperialist past.

US: Halle Berry reflects on how to get people back to movie theatres

Thursday, april 11, 2024

Culture • 11:39 AM

"I loved, the streamer days when we just sat at home, there was something comforting about that during COVID days. But it is, I think, time to get back to movies on the big screen [...] I think the bar has been upped and we have to give [the viewers] a re

Remake of 'Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead' released this week

Wednesday, april 10, 2024

Culture • 12:11 AM

The remake of the 1991 hit comedy stars Nicole Richie and Simone Joy Jones.

Jamaican artist Sean Paul prepares to kick off US tour

Monday, april 8, 2024

Culture • 10:53 AM

21 years since topping the Billboard Hot 100, Jamaican artist Sean Paul is getting ready for a 22-date tour across the United States, beginning on May 2.

Heart surgeon turned comedian, Egypt's Bassem Youssef begins "The Middle Beast" tour

Friday, april 5, 2024

Culture • 3:06 PM

"No, I mean, I'm not a content creator. So, what I do is either post about my shows or post clips from my interviews because people's attention spans are much smaller now. So, when I do an interview that is like an hour, an hour and a half,.." Bassem Yous

Inedible for some, delicious for others: inside Berlin's 'Disgusting food' museum

Culture • 1:08 PM

Delicious for some, simply inedible for others. Would you consider poisonous snakes or a sheep's eye as an ingredient in a recipe? A Berlin Museum is dedicated to showing cultural differences when it comes to cuisine and explores the idea of taste and cul

Rwanda: Fostering national unity through dance

Culture • 10:27 AM

Welcome to the "rafiki" (Swahili word for 'Friend') dance club in central Kigali. Drumbeats set the stage as young men and women try to master the traditional Amaraba dance. Rwanda marks this years the 30th commemoration of the 1994 genocide.

Choro, Brazil's first urban popular music genre, gets national recognition

Wednesday, april 3, 2024

Culture • 11:42 AM

In February, the Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage recognised choro as Brazilian cultural heritage. It is considered the first characteristically Brazilian genre of urban popular music.

Beyonce honored, SZA wins song of the year at iHeartRadio Music Awards

Tuesday, april 2, 2024

Culture • 11:00 AM

Beyonce thanked innovators that came before her including presenter Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Tina Turner.

'Diarra From Detroit' star talks new series, Detroit's Kilpatrick family

Monday, april 1, 2024

Culture • 11:45 AM

The show follows a woman named Diarra who is getting a divorce and has moved into her mother's old house in Detroit. She goes on a date with a man she meets on Tinder and they spend the night together, and then he disappears. Diarra launches an investigat

Tyla talks anticipated debut album, shining a light on music out of Africa

Sunday, march 31, 2024

Culture • 2:19 PM

6 min

Throughout the past year, tons of good energy have been coming toward Tyla, who released her self-titled debut album last week. It’s a culmination of lifelong aspirations for the 22-year-old whose ambitions were always bigger than her continent, as massiv

Learning from the ancients, modern Moroccan architecture forges new identity

Friday, march 22, 2024

Culture • 12:25 AM

Rabat really is a place where old meets new and where eastern and western architectural design come together. Examples can be seen all over the city, from the train station, to the soon-to-be completed Mohamed VI Tower, to the Grand Theatre, a large perfo

Congolese creatives aim for renaissance of African storytelling

Monday, march 18, 2024

Culture • 12:38 AM

As the world prepares to celebrate International Storytelling Day on March 20, under the theme "building bridges", a new generation of storytellers is already in battle to perpetuate the African art of oratory

Marrakech's botanical garden adapts to survive climate change

Friday, march 15, 2024

Culture • 4:43 PM

Gardeners began decreasing the number of bamboo plants and removing flowers and roses, which consume substantial amounts of water. They also prioritized drought-resistant flora to ensure sustainable water usage. Since 2019, mulching has also become a fund

Women's stand-up breaking barriers in Africa

Tuesday, march 12, 2024

Culture • 9:38 PM

Many African comedians have become sources of inspirations for younger women. Ivorian comedian Prissy la degammeuse was in Pointe Noire for the second edition of the Stand up au feminin festival in Pointe-Noire (The Congo).

All the wins at Oscars 2024 [Winners List]

Monday, march 11, 2024

Culture • 2:30 PM

8 min

The glitz and glamour of the 2024 Oscars once again illuminated Hollywood as the film industry's most prestigious event unfolded amidst the star-studded backdrop of Los Angeles.

Akira Toriyama, author of manga series 'Dragon Ball', has died

Friday, march 8, 2024

Culture • 10:57 AM

Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series, which started in 1984, has sold millions of copies globally and was adapted into hugely popular animated TV shows, video games and films.

South Africa's Grammy winner Tyla cancels world tour over 'worsened' injury

Culture • 10:55 AM

Despite undergoing medical intervention, the songstress expressed that her condition has significantly worsened, compelling her to take this difficult decision.