Culture

On Saturday evening, December 12, a big concert was held in Abidjan to celebrate the thirty years of zouglou, Ivorian popular music called "philosophical" and "political", a statement music that was also put in the spotlight. , once is not customary, in the silent universe of the Palais des congrès. as reported from Abidjan,…

The home of sculptor and plastic artist Ousmane Sow has reopened in Dakar. However throughout the containment, the administration developed a digital go to that our everlasting particular correspondent in Senegal might check. .

It is an extraordinary project, dedicated to 54 African countries. The Africa 2020 season, initiated by President Macron, was designed as a platform offered to African artists, intellectuals and entrepreneurs to show the French public the wealth and creativity of the African continent. And Madagascar will be present at this important event.…

In the essential openness that a credible choice requires, the role of the media in Africa may be more important than one imagines. Andréane Meslard: Despite the reservations they expressed about the organization of the presidential election on November 22, Burkinabè's opponents graciously accepted the results. Even better,…

In Morocco, tradition is the third sector most affected by the well being disaster linked to Covid-19. There's even discuss of a white yr. Because the lock-in, transactions associated to tradition have decreased by 60%. This summer season, the museums reopened their doorways: excellent news for visible artists and photographers. However theaters, theaters and live shows are nonetheless closed and the…

Tsitsi Dangaermbga is the great lady in Zimbabwean letters. She became famous by publishing in 1988 her first novel "Nervous conditions". "The book we have been waiting for so long and which we should all read," said Doris Lessing about this first novel by the Zimbabwean novelist. Tsitsi Dangarembga is also a filmmaker and feminist and political activist.…

Where will the most important meetings in African culture take place during this month of December? There are nine suggestions. Do not hesitate to send your "essentials" to fipageculture@yahoo.fr. In Cameroon, from 1 to 5 December, Festi7, the second international poetry festival in Yaoundé's seven hills, will be held. Under…

The French institute inaugurated the arrival in the Ivory Coast of a "Micro-Foil", a cultural device initiated by La Villette that has spread throughout France and abroad. It is a flexible space and computer and educational tool that provides access to more than 1,500 digitized works of art from national and international cultural institutions, such as the Louvre or the Philharmonie de Paris. This is…

This is the big annual meeting for fans of the 7th art in Madagascar. The 15th edition of the short film meetings started this weekend in the cinema at the French Institute in Antananarivo. A Pan-African short film festival that this year brings together works by some thirty directors from the Big Island and the continent, especially from Kenya, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast,…

It is an institution celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The Amiens International Film Festival, which specializes in so-called "southern" film, a benchmark for African film, was created in 1980. The 2020 edition opened its doors in a context darkened by the Covide epidemic and containment. In 40 years, the Amiens…