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Arts, Culture and Sport Cape Verde Interesting facts
Today we are in Cape Verde, an exceptional African country known for its beautiful islands and abundant beaches.
Arts, Culture and Sport Sudanese model Nykhor Paul blasts industry make-up artists
25 year-old Sudanese Ford model Nykhor Paul wrote a scathing rant on her Instagram account about white make-up artists’ ineptitude when it comes to the needs of black models’ skin
Arts, Culture and Sport Caine Prize winner shares her £10k prize
Zambian writer Namwali Serpell has become the first scribe from the southern African nation to win the coveted Caine Prize for African Writing. She has also broke new ground by becoming the first winner to share her prize money with her fellow shortlistees
Arts, Culture and Sport Greetings from The Union of the Comoros
Greetings Africa from The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, an African holiday paradise and the continent’s third-smallest nation by area
Arts, Culture and Sport Rethinking the National Arts Festival
Now in its 41st year, the National Arts Festival is underway in Grahamstown. A week after service delivery protests and with a municipal strike looming, once again the spotlight is turned on the stark contrast between people enjoying an arts festival and those in desperate circumstances locked outside
Arts, Culture and Sport Good morning Africa from Douala city Cameroon
Good morning Africa from Douala city, the largest city in Cameroon and the richest city in the whole Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) region
Arts, Culture and Sport The Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali
We greet you, Africa from the Great Mosque of Djenné, the living heart of the Djenné community and the world’s largest mud-built building located in Mali, Africa’s eighth largest country
Arts, Culture and Sport Made in Africa III: Nyana Kakoma and sooo many Ugandan stories
In 1962, when Makerere hosted the Conference of African Writers, literary work was almost exclusively to be found in print and the post office was essential to its production and consumption. Over fifty years later, where do Ugandans and others find literary work? TIA’s Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire talks to publisher and editor, Nyana Kakoma, the founder of Sooo Many Stories, about Ugandan digital literatures in our Made in Africa III series