Film Review: Les Miserables
Audacious, powerful debut blends Afro symbolism with classic film language, provoking challenging questions about human social organisation. Written by Tom Pointon *Warning: The penultimate…
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Afropean – notes from Black Europe [Book Launch – June 8th 2019]
First things first: a few words about the book. Naturally we *love* it, but don’t take our word for it, take a look at…
The Saga of the Suez Canal @ The Arab World Institute, Paris
Forty centuries have passed since Pharaoh Sesostris III had the first canal built linking the major bodies of water in and around Egypt. Since…
“Moonlight” at Le Café de la Danse, Paris – 3rd February 2018 at 8pm
Could you imagine a world without any toxic lights, without electric energy, a world where the human being would only have fire or storm…
Event Review – ‘Arab Christianity: 2000 Years of History’ at The Arab World Institute (IMA), Paris
Long before the Middle-East and North African (MENA) region became synonymous with Islamic culture, a rich and deep-rooted Christian heritage has been in existence….
L’étranger Musical -An Interview with Adam Naas
My first outing to the London Jazz Festival (LJF) 2016 isn’t going as I hoped. It’s an obstinately wet and miserable day. I traipse all the…
“VIVRE !” La collection agnès b. au Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, 18.10.16 – 08.01.17
Du 18 octobre 2016 au 8 janvier 2017, la collection agnès b. investit le Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration pour un dialogue inédit…
Le bien le mal by Guru ft. MC Solar: Afropean Anthems – 2
1993, the first in the excellent (and essential) Jazzmatazz series, the immortal Guru and France’s MC Solar swapping rhymes between the Brooklyn Bridge and…
Be Better Paris – Afropean business of the month, May 2016
By Bolanile Maté I am not a graphic designer. These will probably be the words etched on my French tombstone. When I was the…
New York with Les Nubians
Les Nubians are Hélène and Célia Faussart, the grammy-nominated French-Chad sister duo who have worked with everybody from Talib Kweli and Mos Def to Manu Dibango…