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Arts & Culture

This beat celebrates Africa’s rich culture, including language, music, food, fashion, visual art, performing arts, and the creative industry.

The towering hall of the Museum of Black Civilisations in Dakar.
Arts & Culture

A museum in motion: Where memory, creativity and cultural justice converge

Beyond being just a place of preservation, the Museum is now a dynamic space of reflection, artistic creation, and global dialogue
Singer/songwriter Cobhams Asuquo of Nigeria.
Arts & Culture

Cobhams Asuquo on why access isn’t accidental: ‘Someone is doing the job’

A blind musician’s journey and the invisible hands that help pave the way
Beyoncé wears a custom Tongoro Couture adorned with 444 golden cowries and 44 crystals for the opening night of the Cowboy Carter tour in Houston, Texas.
Arts & Culture

Tongoro: Africa’s Fashion Renaissance

Africa Day Fashion designer Sarah Diouf brings “Made in Africa” to the world stage.
One of Africa No Filter's handbooks challenges stereotypical news about Africa, and offers storytellers a guide to better storytelling.
Arts & Culture

Changing the narrative: Using AI tools to tell the African story

Digitalization Africa No Filter is about shifting entrenched narratives and challenging pervasive stereotypes about the continent.

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Dena M. Chasten standing on a beach. She found her birth parents and now works as a genealogist.
Arts & Culture

Tracing family roots beyond the DNA

A large group of African leaders on stage at the AU Assembly of the Union in February 2022.
Arts & Culture

Renewed push for use of Kiswahili by AU and UNESCO

Arts & Culture

Africa Renewal Podcast launches on Africa Podcast Day, 12 February

Arts & Culture

Swahili gaining popularity globally

A concert.

Propelled by digital technology, African urban music is on a global journey

DigitalizationFrom captivating rhythms to technological innovations, streaming platforms are revolutionizing the African music industry.
Lagos Island interchange bridge Nigeria.

Telling Africa’s story through drone photography

Africa youthA young photographer uses drones to capture and showcase Africa's beauty and diversity, challenging stereotypes and fostering cultural understanding
Arts

The Manor: A home for Africa's greatest stories

Celebrating authentic African narratives through visual artistry and digital innovation, empowering diverse voices across the continent
Diallo Sumbry

Revolutionist returnees: Fulfilling dreams, finding freedom

GenealogyAfrican Americans have a long history of going back to the motherland.
Courtesy of Kennedy S. Johnson

Cultural custodian: Separating Africa’s myth from its reality

GenealogyAncestryReclaiming Roots: The Journey of an African American Queen's Quest to Unearth Heritage, Identity, and Connection.
A woman and a woman.

Partners in time: Reconnecting African Americans with their tribes of origin

GenealogyAncestryGeneticist Rick Kittles and Gina Page helping families put together missing pieces of their heritage through African Ancestry.
A man and a woman.

Following in Pelé’s footsteps, Vinícius Junior appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

UNESCOEmpowering Youth: Vinícius Junior's Commitment to Education Equality and Social Justice.
Dena M. Chasten standing on a beach. She found her birth parents and now works as a genealogist.

Tracing family roots beyond the DNA

GenealogyThree genealogists describe the brick walls and breakthroughs in researching African American ancestry
From L-R, Member of the Jury, Nansel Nimyel, Officer-in-Charge, UN Information Centre, Seyi Soremekun, winner of the 2nd edition of the SDGs Short Film Challenge and Awards, Eze Daniel Izu, the Film Challenge Festival Director, Desmond Utomwen and the Project Manager, Benjamin Bitrus Gbemanayi during the Grand Finale of the SDGs Short Film Challenge and Awards in Abuja recently.

Abuja film festival raises SDG awareness

Digitalization
Young students.

Using education to develop a new social contract for Africa

EducationAdvocating for education as a key enabler and equalizer and the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world
Award-winning Ghanaian teacher Ebenezer Otoo.

We need to invest in education

Educationteacher

- Says award-winning Ghanaian teacher Ebenezer Otoo, ahead of the UN’s Transforming Education Summit in September 2022

Over 130 countries agree to reboot their education systems

Educationeducation systems

UN Secretary-General issues call to action and vision for way forward at UN Summit

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