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Experience African culture and tradition with African Wax pr...

If you are crazy about African fabrics then you must turn your eyes towards the textiles made of African wax prints and African Georges. Through opting for these accessories, you can fulfill all your fashion requirements without emptying [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2013 | Comments : 0

Effects Of African Presence In Early Europe

If you think that people of each ethnicity remained in their geographical boundaries, think again! Contrary to the popular belief, Africans were not confined to their native place. In fact, the history of Europe is replete with examples o [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

The Museum for African American History and Culture

A rendering view of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, which is scheduled to open in 2015. The museum’s design is the result of an intense collaboration among Phil Freelon and two other black architects [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Out of Africa: African Diaspora International Film Festival ...

The African Diaspora International Film Festival (A.D.I.F.F.) is growing up. Now in its 19th year, the 2011 festival features more than 60 movies, produced in 37 countries. Some of the highlights include The First Rasta, a documentary abo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Feature: Haiti in the Cultural Mirror of Africa

The one year anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti and left over 250,000 dead, a quarter of its civil servants killed and most of its infrastructure destroyed have brought into the forefront why is that 207 years of in [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Kwanzaa celebrates African-American culture

As 2010 draws to an end, for many it’s a time to reflect on the year, take stock and look forward to ways to improve life in the next. That’s one of the basics of Kwanzaa, a secular holiday established in 1966 that celebrates [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

African cultures celebrated

See Africa through the eyes of its children as the African Heritage Association of Vancouver Island presents its second annual African Eloquent Youth Celebration. The celebration is based on an event that is popular in Africa that promot [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Yes, Nairobi is East Africas cultural capital

Nairobi, Kenya's Capital has been called many names (Nairobbery being among the most notorious), but never have I heard it being called a leading centre for the arts and culture – until last week. An American researcher who I met at t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

CULTURE OF AFRICA

The Culture of Africa encompasses and includes all cultures which were ever in the continent of Africa. The continent Africa was the birthplace of the hominin subfamily and the genus Homo, including eight species, of which only Homo sapien [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Algerian town to host Pan-African cultural festival

The Algerian town of Blida, otherwise called "the town of the roses", will host the second edition of the Pan-African Cultural Festival, reported the Algérian Presse Service (APS). According to APS, "More than 60 song [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

8,000 African artists reflect continent's culture and 40 roc...

From superstars to tribal dancers, thousands of African artists are celebrating their troubled continent's culture and potential in an epic festival - and looking back at what they've accomplished and squandered in four decades of freedom f [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

African music cultures brought to Teesside

SCHOOLS on Teesside (North East England) have been broadening their horizons with special visits by two African groups. The Lions of Zululand received rapturous applause from pupils at Acklam Whin Primary School after performing an exclus [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Indian, African artistes pay tribute to two great cultures

It was a magical night celebrating the artistic confluence of two ancient lands, an ocean apart but akin in spirit against the backdrop of history. The beats of African drums and incantation of chants mingled with mystic Sufi strains and [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Culture And Customs Of South Africa

The Family In South Africa: . The basic unit of South African society is the family, which includes the nuclear family and the extended family or tribe. . In traditional African society, the tribe is the most important [...]