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.
Morocco: Marrakech International Film Festival – Danish Actor Mads Mikkelsen and Moroccan Director Faouzi Bensaïdi to Receive Festival’s Étoile d’Or
[MAP] Rabat — The Étoile d’or (golden star) of the 20th Marrakech International Film Festival will be awarded to Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen and Moroccan director Faouzi Bensaïdi.
Tunisia: Fcapa 2023 – Four Tunisian Films Shortlisted in 4 Competitions
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — Four Tunisian films were shortlisted in the 21st African Film Festival in the region of Apt (FCAPA), scheduled for November 9-14 in France.