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Culture & Identity
Film, music, tourism, heritage and the ideas that shape how Africans see themselves: stories about the creativity and identity of the continent and its people.
Alliance High School celebrates 100 years
One of the first schools to give African students a secondary education in Kenya marked its centenary.
Teddy Afro’s Etorika becomes one of Ethiopia’s biggest music launches
The 18-track album drew about 15 million YouTube views on its first day and roughly 148 million within a month.
Rwanda’s Ben’Imana wins the Caméra d’Or at Cannes
Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo’s debut about a genocide survivor won the prize for best first film.
African filmmakers take home prizes at Venice 2026
A Cameroonian debut won the Lion of the Future, and five more African projects won support to finish their films.
FESPACO 2027: Africa’s biggest film festival sets its dates
The 30th edition runs in Ouagadougou from 20 to 27 March 2027, with Togo as guest of honour.
The Caine Prize 2026 shortlist: five writers, five countries
Writers from Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt and Zimbabwe are in the running; the winner is named in London in October.
France returns the looted “talking drum” to Côte d’Ivoire after 110 years
The Djidji Ayôkwé, seized in 1916, is the first artefact France has returned to the country.
Four African sites join the UNESCO World Heritage List, three of them national firsts
Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe and South Sudan got their first World Heritage sites; Tunisia added Sidi Bou Saïd.
Pope Leo XIV’s 11-day journey through Africa
The pope visited Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea, including Bamenda in Cameroon’s Anglophone region.
Fela Kuti honoured and Tyla makes history at the 2026 Grammys
Afrobeat’s creator became the first African to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award; Tyla won her category again.
Archaeologists uncover a complete Byzantine city in Egypt’s Western Desert
Streets, a basilica, homes, bread ovens and gold coins emerge from the sands of the Dakhla Oasis.
Rhinos return to Uganda’s Kidepo Valley after 43 years
Southern white rhinos bred at Ziwa sanctuary are back in a park where poachers wiped them out in 1983.
Ghana makes Wednesday “Fugu Day” to celebrate traditional dress
The handwoven smock from northern Ghana now has its own day of the week.
The UN backs Africa's campaign to 'Correct the Map'
By 164 votes to one, the General Assembly urged the world to use maps that show Africa at its true size.
Eldoret hosts UN Tourism Week as Kenya looks beyond safaris
The 'home of champions' used AI and digital tools to pitch the North Rift to the world.
Film Africa 2026 brings Rwandan and Nigerian stories to London
The festival opens with Ben'Imana and closes with Lady, from 23 October to 1 November.
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