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Alioune Diagne: Champion of Senegalese Art at the Venice Biennale Catch up with Alioune Diagne, the Senegalese artist chosen to represent his nation at the 60th Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art, running until November 24, 2024. This chat first aired on May 3, 2024. Esteemed across the African contemporary art scene and backed by the Parisian gallery Daniel Templon, Alioune Diagne unveiled a collection of 16 thought-provoking pointillist paintings in Venice. Titled "Bokk–Bounds" in Wolof, a term translating to "That…

The Indomitable Advocate: Sékou Jamal Pendessa's Battle for Press Freedom in Guinea In Guinea, journalists face unprecedented persecution since the CNRD junta seized power. Media outlets shuttered, radios twisted, information sites and social media becoming impenetrable are only a few of the hurdles confronting Sékou Jamal Pendessa, General Secretary of the Union of Press Professionals of Guinea (SPPG). This union stalwart has led countless offensives against assaults on press freedom, a fight that has repeatedly landed…

Annual meeting for theater writers, the call for writings will be launched on Monday 28 March. To apply for the 9th edition of the RFI Theater Prize, candidates have five weeks to invent, refine, refine, adjust their text and send it to us before the deadline…

In Madagascar, the modern theater firm Miangaly is closing its "Month Theater Rally" in the middle of the capital Antananarivo. Madagascar advised on stage, performances by younger actors and improvisations in interplay with the spectators ... Free performances…

In Chad, women's fashion was in the spotlight on Saturday night, March 26. The first edition of Senafet Fashion Week, a 100% female fashion show (stylist and model), was organized by the National Office for the Promotion of Tourism, Crafts and the Arts (ONPTA)…

The 3rd edition of the Dycoco Festival took place all week in Abidjan. Bappa Oumar and Mister Keke, comedians from Guinea and Gabon, won the "Mon Premier Montreux" competition. They are invited to perform at the famous Swiss comedy festival, Montreux Comedy…

The districts of the Nigerian capital and some regions will be lively from Sunday 27 March all week. For good reason, the 2nd edition of Film Week will be held there and where about forty films will be shown. An initiative by young African directors who want…

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After a two-year hiatus due to the covid-19 pandemic, the 25th edition of Algiers International Book Fair, SILA, was inaugurated on Thursday 24 March. The show takes place at the Palais des expositions in the Algerian capital until May 1. The opening ceremony…

French-Algerian Walid Hajar Rachedi delivers, with What Should I Do in Paradise ?, a promising first novel. Half autofiction, half "road novel", this book tells the initial search for its central character, engaged on the world's roads that lead him from Paris to London, especially through the Maghreb and Cairo. Double by the author, Malek is at the crossroads of civilizations and wants to be representative of the fortunes and misfortunes…