Death of 137-year-old Olumo Rock custodian will draw tourists- Commissioner

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Dr Toyin Taiwo, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Ogun, says the death of Mrs Sinatu Aduke Sanni, popularly known as “Mama Olumo”,...

Senegal: Dorcy Rugamba breathes life into African artefacts in new play

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Smoke and green lights, welcome to an unconventional museum or rather the reenactment of a museum as imagined by the Rwandan playwright Dorcy Rugamba. This...

Street food loses identity in Mexico City as government replaces them...

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All the colorful drawings of fruits that adorned a street juice stall in the center of Mexico City have been replaced by insipid government...

Centuries-old black community still on the margins in Iraq

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Adnan Abdelrahman shows off the drums he learned to play at age 12. He belongs to Iraq's centuries-old black minority, guardians of musical traditions...

The “African braid” hairstyle’s growing popularity

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Recently popular all over the world, the "African braid" hairstyle is used not only as a hairstyle but also as a social identity in...

Egypt unveils major find of 250 sarcophagi and 150 statuettes in...

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Egypt has unveiled a major new archaeological find of 250 sarcophagi, 150 small bronze statues of gods and goddesses and other antiquities at the...

AFRIMA 2022: African Union unveils calendar

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2022 calendar of the annual event of the awards ceremony of International Committee of All Africa Music Award, AFRIMA, has been unveiled by the...
Kenya play I Will Marry When I Want' debuts after four decadess

Kenya’s most famous play comes home after 45-year wait

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It was banned for years and its authors -- including the celebrated Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- imprisoned, but after more than four decades, Kenya's...

After 2 years of COVID, Peru’s clowns return

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After being suspended for two years due to COVID-19 hundreds of clowns dressed in colorful costumes, wigs and face paint marched through the streets...

Egypt’s love-it, scorn-it tabla drum plays to new beat

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Many Egyptians associate the tabla drum with belly dancers and seedy nightclubs but, despite its image problem, percussionists are giving the ancient instrument a...