culture and art

culture and art

Applications Open for UPCYCLES Artist Residency

Applications Open for UPCYCLES Artist Residency

Africa-Press - Cape verde. Applications for the 5th edition of the UPCYCLES artistic residency are open until the 19th of this month. UPCYCLES is...
Burna Boy's I Told Them Sets African Tour Record

Burna Boy’s I Told Them Sets African Tour Record

Africa-Press - Cape verde. Nigerian singer Burna Boy’s ‘I Told Them’ tour has made history as the highest-grossing tour by an African artist ever. According...
Parliament Approves Statute for Creative Arts Professionals

Parliament Approves Statute for Creative Arts Professionals

Africa-Press - Cape verde. On Wednesday, the Parliament unanimously approved, in general terms, the bill establishing the Statute of the Creative and Cultural Arts...
Fury Over Police Inaction in DJ Warras Killing

Fury Over Police Inaction in DJ Warras Killing

Africa-Press - Cape verde. Outrage is growing over the South African Police Service’s failure to release CCTV footage linked to the brutal killing of...
Documentary About Musician Orlando Pantera Premieres

Documentary About Musician Orlando Pantera Premieres

Africa-Press - Cape verde. The “musical and emotional legacy” of Cape Verdean musician Orlando Pantera, who died in 2001, is remembered in a documentary...
Cape Verde Japan Celebrate 50 Years of Diplomacy

Cape Verde Japan Celebrate 50 Years of Diplomacy

Africa-Press - Cape verde. Cape Verde and Japan marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this Thursday, celebrated on July 11th,...
Praia Opens Space for Promoting Cape Verdean Culture

Praia Opens Space for Promoting Cape Verdean Culture

Africa-Press - Cape verde. Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to "liberate" territories in eastern Ukraine by force if Kiev troops do not withdraw from...
Jimmy Cliff Jamaican Reggae Legend Dies at 81

Jimmy Cliff Jamaican Reggae Legend Dies at 81

Africa-Press - Cape verde. Jimmy Cliff, the singer and actor whose mellifluous voice helped to turn reggae into a global phenomenon, has died aged...
Film "Tarrafal, Faraway Land" Explores Angolan Prisoners

Film “Tarrafal, Faraway Land” Explores Angolan Prisoners

Africa-Press - Cape verde. The film “Tarrafal, Terra Longe” by Angolan filmmaker and director Zeze Gamboa, to be screened this Tuesday at 5:00 PM,...
Jorge Carlos Fonseca Discusses Literature's Importance

Jorge Carlos Fonseca Discusses Literature’s Importance

Africa-Press - Cape verde. On Sunday evening, February 2nd, writer Jorge Carlos Fonseca participated in an open conversation dedicated to literature, writing, and reading,...