As Western media peddles stereotypes of a “broken continent,” Africa is scripting a defiant rebirth from Kenya’s landmark museum reclaiming human history to community-led conservation reviving iconic species. Here’s how the continent is flipping the narrative: Ngaren Museum: Rewriting History…
More than a martial art, more than a dance, capoeira is a living expression of Afro-Brazilian heritage. Recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, this practice fuses combat, rhythm, and ritual into a dynamic circle of movement, music, and memory. In capoeira,…
Almost since the encounter between Spanish and aboriginal cultures, the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, mainly in Spanish-speaking countries, has been marked by strong transculturation processes. Subsequently, the introduction of slave labor in the Spanish colonies included Africans…
By: Yanela Soler Más Every May 25, the world celebrates Africa Day, a date dedicated to an entire continent. It marks the beginning of the autonomy process of the countries subjected to domination and exploitation by European colonizers since the…
As a tribute to the contribution made by African communities and their descendants to the culture and history of Panama, every May the country celebrates the month of Black Ethnicity. The decision to dedicate the month of May to the…
The African cultural richness is honored on a day like today, May 5th, when the African World Heritage Day is commemorated, in recognition of the 148 heritage sites that it houses. Proclaimed by the 38th session of the General Conference…
The Government of Iraq announced that Baghdad, the capital of that Islamic nation, will be the capital of the Islamic cultural world in 2026, due to the rich history of that region. The announcement was made at the 13th edition…
The fastest guitarist in the history of music was born on July 24, 1999, in Rome, Italy. Davide Lo Surdo, capable of playing 129 notes per second, was recognized by Rolling Stone Brazil magazine as the fastest guitarist in the…
Every year Cuba turns its theatres and concert halls into spaces for Jazz. The rhythm of this music takes over the entire island in the internationally recognized “Jazz Plaza”. Cuban musicians and internationally recognized foreigners gather in the main cities…
