Les footballeurs d’Afrique de l’Est sont rares sur la scène internationale : nous avons cherché les raisons: Quand la star du football tanzanien Mbwana Ally Samatta a signé avec Aston Villa en 2020, il s’agissait de bien plus qu’un simple transfert d’un joueur africain vers le sommet du football mondial. Il est le premier Tanzanien …
How Russia’s theatre scene has been obliterated by Putin’s culture war: View from stage of Moscow's Vakhtangov Theatre. Pavel L Photo and Video/Shutterstock Over the past decade, Russian president Vladimir Putin’s regime has introduced ideologically driven cultural policies intended to shape a new, virtuous Russian citizen for the future. For those – like Putin himself …
Le sommet Russie-Afrique permet à Moscou d’accroître son influence sur la scène mondiale: Le président russe Vladimir Poutine lors du sommet Russie-Afrique de 2019 à Sotchi, en Russie. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Les 43 chefs d’État africains qui s’étaient rendus au premier sommet Russie-Afrique en 2019 avaient grand espoir que la Russie deviendrait une nouvelle source …
The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it: The Arctic’s climate is warming at least four times faster than the global average, causing irrevocable changes to this vast landscape and precarious ecosystem – from the anticipated extinction of …
Amapiano Awards: South Africa’s dance music scene spreads its joy across the world: Rising amapiano star DBN Gogo performs in Dakar, Senegal. John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images In 2019 amapiano began to dominate South Africa’s dance floors to such an extent that, by 2021, the first South African Amapiano Awards were held to mark the …
Meet Me in the Bathroom: documentary shows how 9/11 shaped New York’s indie music scene: In 2021, trend forecaster Mandy Lee predicted the return of “indie sleaze”, referring to the hedonistic and unfiltered UK and US indie music scene which stretched from 2006 to 2012. As of March 2023, the Instagram account “@indiesleaze”, which shares …
Banshees of Inisherin: how location and language have set the scene for Ireland’s vibrant film industry: From classic western films onwards, many cinematographers have made use of far flung places to transport viewers to other worlds and different times. Stories inspired by the west of Ireland have benefited from the beautiful visage that its landscape …
Review: 25 Years of Garage – music documentary falls prey to the same mistakes that killed the scene: Promotional artwork for 25 Years of Garage. Platinum Pictures A host of veterans from the heyday of the UK’s garage scene (including Heartless Crew, Dane Bowers and members of So Solid Crew) star in 25 Years of …
A nice Bikini Beach image: Beach volleyball scene, edited Image by Boyce Duprey Erased the trash can and the three guys walking behind the girls that were in the previous picture. Much improved photo now. Didn’t use photoshop, but did use Microsoft’s Digital Image software. It did the job pretty well. Image automatically curated and …
Liverpool’s unsung COVID heroes: how the city’s arts scene became a life support network: Culture was always a large part of my life. But when we all had to rush home in March 2020, I felt like I lost it on the way – as if I’d left it on the bus in a bag. …
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Mercury Prize 2022: what rapper Little Simz’ win says about the UK independent music scene: Andy Gallagher / Alamy Speaking after she won the 2022 Mercury Music Prize, Simbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo, aka Little Simz, was clearly honoured to be given the award. It wasn’t about the money (£25,000), or at least it wasn’t just …
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‘Gutter water’, ‘monkey tail’ and smoked faeces: new dangers on Nigeria’s drug scene: Some people take the new drugs to prolong sex. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images New, unconventional drugs are becoming popular in Nigeria, designed by dealers and users to replicate the effects of illegal substances like cannabis, cocaine, and ecstasy. They affect …
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