Author: Ewang Johnson
The stage is set for the most influential gathering on Africa’s trade and investment calendar as African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), African Union Commission (AUC) and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, announced the official line-up of prestigious speakers for the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025), taking place from 4th – 10th September 2025 in Algiers, Algeria.For seven days, more than 35,000 delegates and 2,000 exhibitors from across 140 countries will converge in Algeria’s capital, Algiers, creating a global marketplace forecast to unlock over US $44billion in trade and investment deals. The agenda promises game-changing conversations, high-level negotiations, and vibrant cultural showcases all…
As the Gallagher brothers take the world on a new musical Oasis for a whole new generation, Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome British art photographer & music video director Michael Spencer Jones. Over the decades, he’s collaborated with the likes of U2, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, The Verve & Oasis. And now we get an intimate look at his life and legacy. Known for his love of surrealism, Dalí, Magritte, Mr. Jones has published an extensive digital collection of his work spanning decades in a book of living history. “Definitely Maybe: A View From Within” (https://www.spellboundgalleries.com). Source link
The glory of this novel is foremost in the life force of its characters, particularly Elizabeth Bennet, who is the most appealing of literary heroines, backing her own judgement and vitality against odds that are often overwhelming. But there is a richness to the reading experience that consists of much more than cheering on this spirited young woman. It lies in the multiple and inconsistent narrative standpoints Jane Austen adopts. As a reader you are made complicit in these, sometimes without noticing. The virtue of this method is that the novel becomes satisfying in ways more complex than you at…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 9 September 2025/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Africa Re-Union, a landmark artistic initiative, is to be unveiled at the FNB Art Joburg, transforming the fair into a stage of reclamation and imagination, where art became manifesto and memory became movement. It reverses the context of the infamous 1884 Berlin Conference — where Africa was carved and divided without consent — by restoring the continent as author of its own story and architect of its own destiny. Conceived and co-created by pan-African thinker and founder of Brand Africa, Thebe Ikalafeng, realised on canvas by South African artist Mark…
From the heart of California’s infernos to the front lines of the climate crisis, photographer Josh Edelson has spent 10 years capturing the raw reality of wildfire destruction. His haunting images, showcased at the “Visa pour l’Image” photojournalism festival in southern France, reveal the human stories behind the flames – stories that resonate deeply as Europe faces its own devastating blazes. Source link
The importance of music”We found that when we were working on it that we could keep going faster and faster because of the cocaine-induced state that he is in,” Schoonmaker said on the BBC’s Film Programme in 2017. “We started jump-cutting shots to give the jagged feeling of what’s going on in his brain. Marty, of course, had thought out very carefully all the framing and camera moves on the shots. There is not much improvisation there, but he had very clear ideas how to give the paranoid feeling.”The music Scorsese used was key. He set himself a rule that…
Music has always had the power to move people—but what happens when melodies become a movement? Music for Water is answering that question by uniting artistry with activism to address one of the world’s most urgent needs: access to clean water. At its core, Music for Water is more than a campaign. It is a movement that blends the universal language of music with the pressing fight for clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in underserved communities. The flagship single, “We Are The Leaders for Clean Water,” is both an anthem and a call-to-action. It seeks not only support but engagement—inviting…
“The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.”–YodaGalactic MythStar Wars is like many things, but nothing is quite like Star Wars. With its vast and varied influences and source materials, and with its lived-in and gritty texture, Star Wars is now a worldwide cultural phenomenon—and for good reason. It is one of the few contemporary attempts at mythopoeia, or mythmaking. More than a simple blockbuster popcorn flick, it is an attempt at truly grand storytelling in a transportative way. Star Wars’ success was not a fluke—it worked for very specific reasons. It resonated with the world at…
This week on arts24, FRANCE 24’s Jennifer Ben Brahim welcomes French singer-songwriter Jehnny Beth. The founder of UK band Savages collaborated with big names such as Idles and Depeche Mode before making her debut as an actress. She is now back with a second album, “You Heartbreaker, You”, five years after the release of her first solo album. Source link
At this year’s Venice Film Festival, no film has been more talked about than this latest project from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, which recounts the heart-shattering story of a six-year-old girl killed in Gaza, and received a record 23-minute standing ovation at the festival this week.It isn’t uncommon to hear cheers or boos at the end of a film festival screening, but when The Voice of Hind Rajab was shown to journalists and industry professionals at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, some far rarer sounds were heard. People were crying. Some of them were sobbing noisily, some were…