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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. -
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...
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10 November 2020Aftown is a beautiful Ghanaian initiative: an online music listening platform that promotes African music and is adapted to the African market. The goals of the Aftownmusic platform are to support artists from the continent and make their music accessible to fans. Telling the story of Africa. Making Africa. Promoting Africa....
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8 October 2020It is a temple of dance in the heart of Ouagadougou.The Choreographic Center 'La Termitière', born almost 15 years ago, pursues its ambition to develop contemporary dance on the continent. This year the CDC announces the construction of a new studio and the rehabilitation of the outdoor theater. Burkina Faso has...
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21 September 2020This past September 5th, a mind-blowing art space was inaugurated in the city of Tamale. The internationally known Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has extended the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art - opened last year - with the Red Clay studio. With interest in architecture, urban materials, history and politics,...
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14 September 2020Neho is our latest discovery: a podcast about dance in Ghana. Host Nuumo Adjetey Klufio gives the microphone to dancers, artistic directors, teachers, choreographers, studio owners... An excellent way to enter the Ghanaian dance world, discover what is happening, how arts are developing and what in means to be involved...
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4 September 2020At a time when the present is testing for artists and the future uncertain, it is essential to unite. To unite to support each other, to discover, to inspire and get inspired, to share. From this desire, the initiative of a group of choreographers is born: Le Cercle, International Network...
