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5 September 2022Rediscovering the capital of Togo and delighted to share some places not to be missed if you visit Lome!
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1 September 2022Discover our new series of crafts and everyday items added to the Africa Blooming collection: handicrafts from Togo, vintage tableware from Benin, basketry from Ghana... a getaway along the shore.
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14 August 2022After an inaugural exhibition focusing on kings, 3 exhibitions opened this year at the Palais de Lomé, celebrating the city, its youth and its creative talents.
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4 August 2022An Africa Blooming music selection inspired by the rainy season... enjoy !
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10 February 2022The Franco-Nigerien artist Mathka Paris exhibits at the Grand Hôtel du Niger, in Niamey. An opportunity to discover the contemporary work of this heiress of the Fulani Wodaabe culture.
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31 August 2021Since March 2020, the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora has been delighting all lovers of African literature in Accra and beyond.
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21 August 2021In June 2021, the young Nigerien director Aïcha Macky was screening her film Zinder for the first time in Niamey, a documentary that takes us on a journey to meet the gangs of the Sahelian city and a youth who are rarely given a voice.
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9 June 2021A hip hop wave is taking over the continent. The Senegalese dance company La Mer Noire is now on an African tour.
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30 March 2021Fashion, interior design or delicatessen, in the Nigerien capital creativity is flourishing and several original stores have been created, highlighting local and continental know-how. From the Koira Kano district to the old small market via Yantala, here are four stores initiated by creative and inspiring women to consume locally in...
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11 January 2021In the heart of Accra, skaters have their lair. In 2016, Surf Ghana is born, a surf, skateboard and art collective, offering a space for meeting and sharing around the culture of skateboarding to the young people of the Ghanaian capital. Surf Ghana invites both young and adults to learn how...
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18 December 2020As part of the Lomé+ exhibition, commissioned by the Togolese architect and anthropologist Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou, the rapper Elom20ce presents the documentary Aux Impossibles Imminents, a series of 6 portraits of inhabitants of the Togolese capital, which illustrate one of the titles of his new album ‘Amewuga’. A prolific Togolese and...
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2 December 2020On December 9, the festival Dialogues de Corps will open its doors for a new edition : Nos Solitudes Partagées (Our Shared Lonliness), at the Choreographic Center La Termitière in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In these times of uncertainty and restrictions, the festival is adapting and this edition will have a...