culture and art

culture and art

REASONS WHY YOU MAY CONSIDER MARRYING A SINGLE MOTHER- Hon. Given Katuta

REASONS WHY YOU MAY CONSIDER MARRYING A SINGLE MOTHER- Hon. Given Katuta

Africa-Press - Seychelles. Most folks, especially African men, do feel they are doing women favour when they marry them as single mothers, but it’s...
The poet who caught the eye of Mozambique’s freedom fighters

The poet who caught the eye of Mozambique’s freedom fighters

Africa-Press - Seychelles. Internationally acclaimed author and poet Mia Couto describes himself as an African, but his roots are in Europe. His Portuguese parents settled...
Street poetry: Can it give the spoken art form a lift?

Street poetry: Can it give the spoken art form a lift?

Africa-Press - Seychelles. Street poetry is an art form slowly replacing traditional poetry in Kampala. It is doing so with the unfiltered dialect of...
Why green literature is timely for a sustainable world

Why green literature is timely for a sustainable world

Africa-Press - Seychelles. Title: Green Dagan Climate Magazine Editor: Jolly Joy Mawerere Pages: 37 Published: 2024 Philip Matogo My neighbour’s nine-year old son found me holding a magazine. “What is...
Dr Penda Choppy's thesis "Creativity, Creolisation and Identity in Seychellois Creole Folktales" wins award

Dr Penda Choppy’s thesis “Creativity, Creolisation and Identity in Seychellois Creole Folktales” wins award

Africa-Press - Seychelles. Seychellois Penda Choppy, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Malta, received the Outstanding Thesis Award for her work in...
Climbing physical, personal and collective mountains

Climbing physical, personal and collective mountains

Africa-Press - Seychelles. There are many unique things about Jackie Asiimwe’s recently launched book that will strike the reader early on. First, it is...
Pencil artist Musekiwa’s talent extends to writing stories

Pencil artist Musekiwa’s talent extends to writing stories

Africa-Press - Seychelles. DESPITE being a pencil artist passionate about wildlife and cultural themes, Noel Junior Musekiwa also has a unique talent in providing...
No One Dies Yet by Ghana's Kobby Ben Ben is a wild ride of a novel unravelling cultural norms

No One Dies Yet by Ghana’s Kobby Ben Ben is a wild ride of...

Africa-Press - Seychelles. INTERVIEW: Kobby Ben Ben author of No One Dies Yet (Europa Editions) Kobby Ben Ben stood out from his very first appearance...
Youngster catches eye with unique approach

Youngster catches eye with unique approach

Africa-Press - Seychelles. Every child is an artist; the problem is staying an artist when you grow up,” said the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. Those...
'People were hungry for change': Saving South Africa is News24's Book of the Month for May

‘People were hungry for change’: Saving South Africa is News24’s Book of the Month...

Africa-Press - Seychelles. The DA won control of the uMngeni Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands after the local government elections in 2021. As the...