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Cultural Heist: Biblical currency and Zion-washing of Palestinian national dress

Opinion|Published 1 year ago

Picture: via Wikimedia Commons – Palestinian traditional dresses (thobe) and embroideries (tatreez). Culture, handed down from one generation to the next, shapes individuals’ mindsets and finds expression in various aspects such as national costume, …

Famous artist designs racial justice windows for National Cathedral

The Washington Post|Published 1 year ago

Picture: Jonathan Mehring/The Washington Post – Artist Kerry James Marshall, with a stained-glass window he designed. By Marisa IatiWASHINGTON – His paintings sometimes ...

Children’s lit and collective memory: culture in the struggle for liberation

Opinion|Published 1 year ago

Picture: Mahmoud Ajjour/The Palestine Chronicle – Palestinian children at a music festival in Gaza. ‘Not all Palestinians share the same experience and voice, but ...

Preserving culture, identity central to building the future

Opinion|Published 1 year ago

Picture: Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency (ANA) - ...

Extreme weather threatens best-kept art of the ancient Silk Road

The Washington Post|Published 1 year ago

Picture: ANA Files – Bodhisattva holding up as lotus, right, and other sculptures of the Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 AD, are displayed in Dunhuang: Buddhist Art ...

High-price plunge to ocean depths

The Washington Post|Published 1 year ago

Picture: Handout / OceanGate Expeditions / AFP – This undated image courtesy of OceanGate Expeditions, shows their Titan submersible beginning a descent. News reports ...

Honouring Miriam Makeba

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

By Kim Heller

Zimbabwean road to Yalta Festival singer

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

By Maria Konokhova

Freedom, Roots and Fusion: SA singer Pilani Bubu on African Jazz

Sputnik|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Supplied – Jazz provides a platform for Africans not only to express themselves, their feelings and aspirations through the power of music, but bring their ...

Ageing backwards: be your own hero

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Supplied – The way you walk. The way you talk. The way you respond. Your posture. Your skin. Your constitution. You can control this if you cultivate your ...

Universal Human Rights: Using mobilisation strategies to encourage South African government to act on Uganda parliamentary ...

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA) - The Economic Freedom Fighters leader Juliyus Malema leads a march to the Ugandan Embassy to demonstrate ...

‘Bound by Freedom’: Filmmaker discusses cultural bonds between Russia and Africa

Sputnik|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Daria da Conceicao’s personal archive/via Sputnik ...

Traditional wrestling in Senegal – much more than a sport, it keeps culture alive

The Conversation|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Christian Bobst/World Press/via AP – The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal. A tournament in the Adrien Senghor arena, where wrestling fights take place in ...

AKA: slain South African rapper was a once-in-a-generation pop culture sensation

The Conversation|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Se-Anne Rall/African News Agency (ANA) – A prayer service for AKA and his celebrity chef friend, Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane on Sunday, February 12, 2023. It’s ...

Report finds massive injustices have contributed to rise in child hunger across Africa

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

Picture: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - A Malawian child stands in front of a maize crop near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi. About 14 million people face hunger in Southern ...

What child poverty in America really looked like in 2022

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

Picture: EPA-EFE/MIGUEL GUTIERREZBy Theresa VargasThe 12-year-old had seen too much. That's how a message sent to a Virginia organization about the girl began. "She's ...

Afrobeats in 2022: global mobility, election songs, placemaking albums – and Tems

The Conversation|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Joe Penney/REUTERS – Each night as darkness descends on Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, sweat drenched young men and women descend on the megacity's ...

Kwanzaa: A Feast Celebrating African Roots, Heritage & Culture

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Kendridge Mathabathe - Children from around Africa celebrated the end of the camp with the Kwanzaa celebration. Brother Amani Buntu, Secretary General of ...

Kabaza: The Malawi Uber

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

Picture: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - Bikers commonly known as "Kabadza", or "Dampers" ride along the Mchinji road-the highway linking Malawi to Zambia's eastern province, ...

Malawians own their destinies and changing the narrative: Story of Wezi Mzumara

Opinion|Published 2 years ago

Picture: www. kwanzacocoa. comWezi Mzumara, the only female black chocolate maker in Malawi, ...