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S. Africa: Sites of the anti-apartheid history make UNESCO Heritage List

The system of institutionalized racial segregation was established in South Africa after the Second World War. It was finally eradicated in the early 1990s

FILBO2024: Culture, Love for the Planet and Literature

On the morning of last Wednesday, the 36th edition of the International Book Fair of Bogota (Filbo 2024) began in the Colombian capital, Bogota. RELATED: Lula and Petro Discuss Bilateral and Regional Issues in Bogota In this edition, Brazil is the country honored under the motto ‘Read nature’, in a call to protect the Amazon […]

Cuban Design Students Open Art Exposition Supporting Palestine

Students and professors of the Instituto Superior de Diseños (ISDI), inaugurated an exhibition of posters related to Palestine, its culture, identity and the genocide by Israel to which they are subjected. RELATED: Israeli Aviation Continues to Wreak Havoc on Civilians in Gaza The works mix the colors of the Palestinian flag with lines that intersect […]

Chucho Valdes Back in Charge Celebrating the 50th of Irakere

The virtuoso Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez will restart tour celebrating the 50 years of Irakere and with his Royal Quartet and at the end of March until the end of July. RELATED: The Drum Festival Kicks Off in Havana He will be accompanied by Horacio “El Negro” Hernández (drums), José A. Gola (bass) and Roberto […]

Juana Bacallao: Cuban Music Legend and Show-Woman Dies

The artist and legend of Cuban popular music Amelia Martínez Salazar, known nationally and internationally as Juana Bacallao, died this Saturday in Havana, according to a note from the Minster of Culture of the island. RELATED: Cuban Musician Cesar “Pupi” Pedroso Passes Away Juana was unforgettable by her time in the capital cabarets Sans Sousi, […]

The Rio Carnival Stages the Story of the Slave Kehinde

On Monday night, literature turned into samba during at the Rio de Janeiro Sambadrome, where a parade that put an African rhythm to a bestseller about slavery in Brazil. RELATED:  Barranquilla Carnival Runs to the Rhythm of Colombian Cumbia African warriors with feather shields and spears intermingled with floats to tell the story of the […]

Barranquilla Carnival Runs to the Rhythm of Colombian Cumbia

On Sunday, the congos, garabatos, and cumbia provided the music for fun at the Great Parade, where 170 groups explored the different rhythms and dances that frame the Barranquilla Carnival as an “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.” RELATED:  Indigenous Yanomami Parade Steals Attention at Rio Carnival In 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural […]