Author: Ewang Johnson
Brazil’s cinematic renaissance can be attributed to cultural investment, international collaboration, and a country coming to terms with its authoritarian past. Nadia Massih welcomes France 24’s correspondent in Rio de Janeiro Jan Onoszko to offer us a world of perspective on Brazil’s 7th Art. The Secret Agent, winner of Two Golden Globes, touches on themes of dictatorship and paranoia, albeit in nuanced fashion, avoiding explicit historical references. Source link
The HBO banking drama has just kicked off its fourth series, amid serious hype and with a starrier cast than ever. It’s also taking its story – and characters – to chilling new places.Back in 2020, a new drama about a group of postgraduate bankers trying to make their way in London’s high-finance scene first aired on TV. At the time, the biggest story around the joint HBO and BBC series Industry was that the first episode was directed by Girls creator Lena Dunham.Initially, the show failed to make that much of a splash on either side of the pond,…
In December 2025, NGO WILDTRUST’s Samkelisiwe Danisa and Lauren van Nijkerk from South Africa, engaged with around 100 representatives of African states, relevant global, regional and subregional organisations and civil society, in Ethiopia at the Regional Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement Workshop. This gathering advanced growing engagement around the BBNJ Agreement, also known as the High Seas Treaty, which is designed to protect the abundant marine life and ecosystems in international waters that lie beyond any country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The BBNJ Agreement provides the first comprehensive legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity for the two-thirds of…
Fifty years after her death, the legacy of Agatha Christie and her classic murder mystery stories is as strong as ever. Speaking to FRANCE 24, James Prichard, chairman and CEO of Agatha Christie Limited and the author’s great-grandson, says the books’ timelessness comes down to the fact that they are “essentially about people” and for better or worse, “we as people have not changed”. Source link
While Christie believed that a book could be polished off in three months, she said that plays were “better written quickly”. At the time of the BBC’s 1955 profile of Christie, three of her plays were running in London’s West End. The Mousetrap was already breaking box-office records, just three years after its premiere. The play began as a BBC radio drama titled Three Blind Mice, broadcast in 1947 as part of an evening of programmes celebrating Queen Mary’s 80th birthday.Writing plays was “much more fun than writing books”, according to Christie. She said: “You haven’t got to bother about…
The two events will address the parallel priorities of large-scale infrastructure development and sustainable, energy-efficient technologies dmg events, a leading international organizer of business-to-business exhibitions, is expanding its footprint in Africa with the launch of West Africa Infrastructure Expo and HVACR Nigeria, set to take place from 7–9 April 2026 in Lagos. West Africa’s rapid urbanization and $668 billion infrastructure market (Source: ABIQ) are creating major investment and collaboration opportunities, with dmg events leveraging its international expertise and ten years of African market experience to accelerate this growth. With offices in Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa, dmg events has been active on…
Her performance as Shakespeare’s wife in “Hamnet” won Jessie Buckley the best actress award at the Golden Globes. Our film critic Emma Jones tells us why Chloé Zhao’s sensitive direction has made the film a serious contender in the upcoming Academy Awards. Source link
Ser Duncan is poorly trained, lacks experience and is dressed in little better than rags, with a rope for a swordbelt, but he hopes that if he makes a name for himself at an upcoming tournament in Ashford Meadow, one of the great houses might take him into its service. On his way to the “tourney”, he reluctantly accepts the squiring services of a bald-headed boy called Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) who has started following him. Egg, as tiny as Dunk is huge, wants to be a knight and is a bit of a cheeky know-it-all – generally far sharper than…
Collaboration focuses on expanding access to high-quality Africa news, opinion, and analysis delivered by Global South World’s journalists on the ground across AfricaJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 13 January 2026-/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Africa.com announced today a new partnership with Global South World (GSW), the home of voices and reporting from rising nations across the globe. While GSW covers the Global South broadly, with correspondents reporting directly from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, this partnership with Africa.com will focus specifically on GSW’s Africa-focused news, opinion, and analysis. Through this collaboration, Africa.com will publish GSW stories that illuminate African experiences and perspectives, including deeply reported…
Her intricately layered artwork uses metal, rubber, canvas and printmaking to create scenes of oppression, trauma and renewal. As she stages her first major exhibition in Paris, Kathia St Hilaire joins us to talk about weaving her Haitian ancestry into her pieces, how Vodun practices inspire her work and why the late Haitian poet Frankétienne is a kindred spirit when it comes to his cyclical vision of a chaotic world. Source link