Timbuktu : a festival to celebrate “living together”
The third edition of the "Living Together" festival in Timbuktu will be held from February 8th to 12th. The announcement was made by the organizers in Bamako, on January 11th, at a press conference.
Placed...
FESPACO 2017: What future for Malian cinema?
The challenges of the training and the jobs in cinema and broadcasting were at the heart of the debates at the 25th edition of the FESPACO, Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou,...
Adji Sarr and Ousmane Sonko, or rape culture at its zenith
By Aïda Dramé
What country is this when at night, the law of the strongest strikes? These mythical lyrics of Michel Berger keep repeating in my mind when I think about the recent events in...
The #ArewaMeToo movement endures
By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
When pharmacist Khadijah Adamu logged into Twitter in February, 2019 to narrate the horrific physical abuse she survived at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, she could not have guessed that she...
Mali: the « Bamako » series, polygamy at the heart of the plot
The new « Bamako » series, shooting in the Malian capital tells the story of a polygamous home « united in adversity ». Objective: to show everything beautiful in our capitals, according to the...
“Not all men,” but Nigerian women continue to feel unsafe
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
On May 30th, 2020, while dealing with the unforeseen consequences of the global pandemic, Nigerian women came together to mourn the death of Vera Uwalia Omozuwa, a Nigerian student who was...
Mali : in Bamako, the artistic and cultural biennale resumes
Bamako will host the special edition of the artistic and cultural biennale organized by the Malian Ministry of Culture, accompanied by the Communication agencies of Mali employers’ group.
The Malian capital, Bamako, is preparing to...
Book : Mali, between torments and expectations
In a sober book, Anta Barry makes an uncompromising diagnosis of the security, political and humanitarian crisis that has thrown Mali in the midst of the turmoil and from which it is now rising....
The #RepealSSMPA protest got people talking. But what’s next?
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
The hashtag #RepealSSMPA began to trend on Nigerian Twitter and beyond on March 21st, 2021. #RepealSSMPA was a solidarity action in response to Nigerian queer Youtuber VicWonder, who called for the...
Aïr festival, a melting pot of culture in northern Niger
Launched in 2001 as a tourism appeal product, the Aïr festival took place this year in Iferouane, a town located in the extreme north of Niger.
Placed under the authority of Prime Minister Brigi Rafini,...