Promoting Africa
Sunday, January 27, in Bercy, the Burkinabe Hugues Fabrice Zango, became the champion of Africa triple jump, falling to 17 58 m. Fabrice Zango blew up the Palais Omnisports with a result of 17 meters 58, which is 35 centimeters higher than the African record in the hall, which he had seized a year earlier…
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The protection of the environment is a major issue that is more and more in the spotlight. African artists and those of the diaspora, are neither silent, nor insensitive to this problem. Indeed, there is no count of the number of exhibitions and works aimed at raising awareness and mobilization. Some artists are not limited…
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During a visit to Burkina Faso in November ‘17. French president, Emmanuel Macron, declared that he’d make returning artifacts to African countries a top priority. The mentioned artifacts were looted from Africa in colonial times and are now in museums, not only in France but a vast part of Europe. His declaration followed years of…
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Through his play The rise & fall of an African hero, Ricky Dujany helps rediscover the life and death of Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso (1983 -1987). The play inspired by Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", is taking place at the Cockpit Theatre in London. Sankara brought considerable changes to mentality of his country, refused foreign aid (under…
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"Ouaga Girls", is a documentary on gender equality, which was directed by Sweden's Theresa Traore Dahlberg. It takes place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The story "A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girls' school to become a car mechanic, classmates become their port of safety, joy and fraternity, while going through the…
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