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Why I am returning my award by Arundhati Roy
Although I do not believe that awards are a measure of the work we do, I would like to add the National Award for […]
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Listing of Select Africa and Afro-Diasporan Art Exhibitions Worldwide
Listing of Select African and Afro-Diasporan Art Exhibitions Worlwide. A hand-picked listing of African and Afro-Diasporan art events happening around the world, updated weekly. […]
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Is music activism cleansing the soul of Europe?
Reflecting on David Rovics, Kristian Svenson And Elona Planman passage in Trondheim, Norway. By Raïs Neza Boneza With the recent refugee a.ka. migrants and […]
Art & Peace
Fanon documentary confronts fallacies about anti-colonial philosopher
Swedish filmmaker taps into the primary violence of the coloniser rather than the colonised, says Bhakti Shringarpure SOURCE: the guardian […]
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Merging the Personal with the Political: Nneka – “My Fairy Tales” Album Review.
Ever since I first heard “Kangpe” on FIFA 10, I have been extremely interested in the eclectic sound of the music Nigerian artist […]
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Xenophobia: Voices from the camps (VIDEO)
Nine-year-old Dolly, staying in a temporary camp, doesn’t understand xenophobia – but like hundreds of children, she bears the […]
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Arts for Social Change? Creative Projects Empowering Women and Youth
Development professionals will all have heard the word ‘empowerment’. While what the term empowerment means is still subject of discussion, many practitioners and academics […]
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Burundi Artists united for peace and hope
The year 2015 in Burundi is also a time of hope and peace for the youth. Burundian Artist united around one message in the […]
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The 2015 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop
Farafina Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Lagos, organized by award-winning writer and creative director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda Adichie, from […]
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PRESS RELEASE-CALL FOR THE BN POETRY AWARD 2015
The BN Poetry Foundation is pleased to bring yet another exhilarating, stimulating platform for African poets world-wide. We strongly believe in rewarding great poetry […]
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India's Daughter: From Nonviolent Demonstrations to People's Revolution by Sumeet Grover, Director of Global Poetry
The agitated people of a nation mourn, weep, protest and question the heinous rape and murder of a young woman, Jyoti Singh, whilst life […]
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CONCERNING VIOLENCE – Lauryn Hill Narrated Colonialism Documentary by Göran Hugo Olsson
Göran Olsson is a filmmaker from Sweden, well known from his earlier documentary: “The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975”. The documentary telling about the evolution […]
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Chilean Art of Civil Disobedience: Review from V&A, London
by Sumeet Grover. Director, Global Poetry. The Disobedient Objects exhibition is on display at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, London, until […]
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Virunga – Main Trailer – Netflix [HD]
From the forested depths of the African Congo, among the last of the mountain gorillas comes Virunga, an incredible true story of idealistic conservationists, […]
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The meaning of protest art to society By Karest Lewela and Humphrey Sipalla
Protest art exists across all the genres of art. In visual and audio arts, from stand-up comedy to paintings and rap music, protest art […]
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Afriturist with Hector Peterssen
“That I’m alive today proves the power of the photo and that the only viable and sustainable challenge to oppression is through art […]
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Lessons From the Bamemba Tribe
I’ve been intrigued by this tribe ever since I heard about them while listening to Dr. Wayne Dyer speak on their unique tradition. […]
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Who Needs Eurocentric Nobel Prizes in Literature?Rogers Atukunda
Ngugi I am no literature professor or literary giant per se, I write from my humble opinion as a student of the Ivory Tower […]
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Idris Elba Releasing Mandela-Inspired Album Ft. James Blake, Mumford & Sons, Spoek Mathambo, DJ Spoko + More
British actor Idris Elba is gearing up to release a Mandela-inspired eleven-track album in November. mi Mandela, “a celebration of South African music inspired by Nelson Mandela,” its […]
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SOMALIA: Renowned female artist and MP Saado Ali Warsame shot dead in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (RBC) Unidentified gunmen have today shot and killed renowned Somali artist Saado Ali Warsame near her hotel in Mogadishu around 12.00 pm local […]
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Trouble in the Village: A Review of Dak’ Art 2014
Dak’ Art 014 is an art exhibition showing over 120 artists of African descent. It opened on 9th May, with a main international showcase […]
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AFRICA Lens: Hans Silvester
Hans Silvester-This is Africa through my Lens Hans Silvester, born in 1938 in Lorrach, Germany is an acclaimed award winning photographer who has […]
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Griots
Fanta a griot singing at an engagement party The griots are above all professionals who represent as a group, a well-defined social caste. […]
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#InstagrammingAfrica: The Narcissism of Global Voluntourism.” BY LAUREN KASCAK & SAYANTANI DASGUPTA
(Photo: Twin Design/Shutterstock) Voluntourism is ultimately about the fulfillment of the volunteers themselves, not necessarily what they bring to the communities they visit. • […]
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“Journalism in Egypt is a Crime”: Global Outcry After 3 Al Jazeera Reporters Sentenced to 7-10 Years
An Egyptian court has sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to between seven and 10 years in prison on terrorism charges, including “spreading false news” […]