Promoting Africa
Kareem Olamilekan, also known as Kareem Waris, is a young Nigerian artist who amazes both by his talent and his young age. At 11, he does not have the same occupations as his peers. When his friends certainly play football, he expresses his artistic genius through drawing and painting. Kareem himself says that he does…
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Miss Eagle South Africa is a National Pageant across all South Africa Provinces. The purpose of the pageant is to empower women from different backgrounds across the country. Here are a few questions we had for Mnothowandile Cele, law student at Nelson Mandela University, and current Miss Eagle South Africa 2018 Semi Finalist, representing the Eastern Cape province:…
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African films are increasingly present at renowned festivals. They receive awards and prizes. However, very few of them are then visible and accessible in theaters. Faced with this, the Cinewax association takes things in hand. Cinewax, an association that showcases African cinema The association, born in 2014, has for main objective to make the cinema…
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The Ousmane Sow house, named after the Senegalese sculptor, was opened to the general public on Saturday, May 5, 2018 in Dakar, on the sidelines of the 2018 edition of Dak'Art. Located in Yoff (suburb of Dakar), the house Ousman Sow (called The Sphinx), contains various works of the artist who died in 2016 at…
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Lorraine Ateliers, in partnership with the Amnéville Zoo (France), collects old smartphones to recover coltan, a mineral whose exploitation threatens gorillas in Africa. Coltan, a mineral used in the manufacture of smart phones, is extracted from the soil of the gorilla habitat, shaving the forests, depriving them of their environment and contributing to their disappearance.…
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Ivorian journalist and writer Serge Bilé published a few months ago "Yasuke, the black samurai". This is the exciting adventure of a slave torn from his native Africa, who then became the first foreigner to join the prestigious Japanese warrior elite. Who is Yasuke ? He is a man from the Makua community of present-day…
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Ghanaian music artist Sarkodie, born Michael Owusu Addo has taken the world by storm and is doing so in his native language, Twi. His dream of winning a Grammy award is one that his fans want to see come true. Sarkodie also goes by the nick name “Rapper-holic," because he is able to rap at what…
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