Egypt: World Arabic Language Day 2023
[Egypt Online] The Ministry of State for Immigration and Affairs of Egyptians Abroad organized a conference to commemorate World Arabic Language Day, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultura…
Tunisia: Three Killed After Collapse of Kairouan Walls, a UNESCO Heritage Site
[allAfrica] Cape Town — The collapse of a roughly 30 metre section of the wall near Tunisia’s Gate of the Floggers around the Old City of Kairouan has resulted in the deaths of three stonemasons, BBC Africa reports. The trio were carrying out repairs …
Morocco: Deborah Kapchan On the Gnawa of Morocco
[Afropop] Deborah Kapchan is a professor of Performance Studies at New York University, and the principle voice for Afropop Worldwide’s Hip Deep program, Traveling Spirit Masters: The Gnawa of Morocco. Professor Kapchan has been doing research in Moroc…
Morocco: The Lure and Lore of Gnawa
[Afropop] The Gnawa musical healers of Morocco are a perennial fascination within the broad tableau of the Afropop story. They bring together potent themes–slavery and its legacy of displacement and diaspora, music that induces trance and even spirit …
Tunisia: Line-Up for 9th Medenine International Documentary and Short Film Festival
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — The Palestinian cause will be high on the agenda of the 9th Medenine International Documentary and Short Films Festival (FIFDOC).
Tunisia: Over 40 Female Potters Receive Support Under Hrayer Sejnane Project
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — Hrayer Sejnane project, which has come to a close, provided support to over forty female potters in Sejnane, Bizerte (northern Tunisia) through training sessions on communication, sales techniques and the adminis…
Nigeria: Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, Egypt to Participate in 2023 Calabar Carnival
[Premium Times] Cross River suspended the Calabar Carnival in 2021 because of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Tunisia: City of Culture Hosts First Meeting of the League of African Women Writers
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — The League of African Women Writers, created in Morocco on March 9, 2023, held its first meeting on Tuesday at the City of Culture in Tunis.
Egypt: Did Napoleon Really Fire At the Pyramids?
[The Conversation Africa] Directors of historical feature films face a difficult task. How can they make the characters familiar to an audience without reducing them to caricature? How can they make sure that knowledge of the outcome – battles won or l…
Rwanda: Rwandan Film Scoops Award in Egypt
[New Times] Rwandan filmmaker Claude Niyomugabo has won an award for his documentary ‘Born a Refugee but Never Think Like a Refugee’ at the Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Short Films competition held in Cairo, Egypt.