Jeune Lio, the Cameroonian-born ‘music conductor’ charming the Ivory Coast | Arts and Culture
Assinie-Mafia, Ivory Coast - As the sun sets at the Akoula resort in the popular beach town of Assinie-Mafia, more than 100km (62 miles) east…
Martin Scorsese urges filmmakers to fight comic book movie culture
Martin Scorsese is urging filmmakers to save cinema, by doubling down on his call to fight comic book movie culture. The storied filmmaker is revisiting…
Hollywood writers reach tentative deal with studios to end strike | Arts and Culture News
Hollywood’s writers union says it has reached a preliminary labour agreement with the industry’s major studios in a deal to end one of two strikes…
The Nollywood pioneer seeking perfection in African storytelling | Arts and Culture
To an entire generation of Nigerian millennials, Ego Boyo was their first encounter with onscreen celebrity. Three decades after her first grand appearance on the…
Marriage declines in China as young Chinese choose dating, staying single | Arts and Culture News
China’s equivalent of Valentine’s Day, known as the Qixi Festival, has traditionally been considered an auspicious time for Chinese couples to get married. Celebrated annually…
Novels from Canada, Ireland, US, UK finalists for Booker Prize for fiction | Arts and Culture News
Shortlist announced for annual Booker literature prize includes two first-time novels among the six finalists. Novels from Canada, Ireland, the United States, and the United…
Can Dodgers’ new-look culture carry them for postseason run?
The Dodgers knew they were struggling. They knew something needed to change. So, three months into their up-and-down start to the season, most of the…
Former Biden official at the heart of Pentagon culture wars launches House campaign
“She’s someone I very much respect,” Cisneros said in an interview. “I want to go on and continue her legacy in the 31st [district]. But…
Colombian artist Fernando Botero, ‘painter of our virtues’, dies aged 91 | Arts and Culture News
Colombia’s most famous artist, Fernando Botero, who was known for his voluptuous depictions of people and animals, has died, President Gustavo Petro announced. He was…
Dutch art detective recovers stolen Vincent van Gogh painting | Arts and Culture News
Van Gogh’s 1884 Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring was brazenly taken from a museum during COVID-19 lockdown in a midnight robbery. A Vincent van…
Freddie Mercury’s piano, Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics champions at auction | Arts and Culture News
More than 1,400 lots of what the singer and musician called his ‘exquisite clutter’ are up for auction at Sotheby’s in London. The piano that…
Two people arrested in China for smashing a hole in the Great Wall | Arts and Culture News
The suspects widened a gap in the iconic Great Wall to shorten their travel time to a worksite in Shanxi province, state media reports. Two…
Burning Man mass exodus begins after flooding trapped desert revelers | Arts and Culture News
About 30,000 people remain at the site with some waiting to see the burning of a large wooden effigy shaped like a man – the…
Gaza’s calligraffiti of hope | Arts and Culture
Sadly, the Gaza Strip is no stranger to violence and destruction, with repeated Israeli assaults on the besieged enclave exacerbated by the Israeli siege that…
The Nigerian rapper with a coat of many colours | Arts and Culture
Lagos, Nigeria - It is a dark night in Ikeja, capital of Nigeria’s economic powerhouse Lagos. Deep inside the bowels of an empty factory is…
Nollywood has a new action hero. His name is Tobi Bakre | Arts and Culture
With lead roles in two major motion pictures - the box office smash Brotherhood and the Amazon Prime Video original Gangs of Lagos - Tobi…
Maps, Geopolitics and Pop Culture: Understanding the controversy in Vietnam involving Blackpink and Barbie
Indonesia’s Independence in the Frame of History Indonesia is a great nation with the fourth largest population in the world today, has an expensive cultural…
Kenya’s young Maasai reconnect with their culture at Eunoto ceremony | Arts and Culture
With beaming smiles, hair dyed a red ochre and ceremonial headdresses of ostrich feathers, young Maasai men are busy taking selfies. They have just completed…
The Nigerian filmmaker reshaping Nollywood in her own image | Arts and Culture
When Amazon Prime Video was looking to enter the Nollywood film industry, once billed as the second largest in the world, the American streaming platform…
Vietnam’s ‘ballroom’ culture: A safe space to celebrate transgender people | LGBTQ News
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – In a small, stuffy nightclub with walls scrawled with graffiti and flaking plaster, a queer function took place unlike…