Publications

Culture 17 February 2023

Interview : Nigerian artist Bruce Onobrakpeya

Bruce Onobrakpeya is a printmaker, painter and sculptor. This remarkable Nigerian artist started drawing as a child and benefited from the creative boil of the independence years. After a sixty-year career, his art continues to appeal to an international and Nigerian buying public. Today, he has chosen to pass on his skills in Nigerian universities through art workshops. Find out all about his exceptional career in this interview conducted by our Lagos correspondent, Sharafa Abagun.

Culture 16 February 2023

The Gabonese choir: Le Chant sur la Lowé

Le Chant sur la Lowé was born thirty years ago from the determination of two sisters, Sophie and Yveline Damas, to honour African music and musical traditions. Since its creation, it has been made up of sixty volunteers, including teachers, doctors, retired people, unemployed people and students. This choir has become versatile and well-known for its live performances worldwide.

Culture 18 January 2023

In Canada, a museum dedicated to Africa

The Afromusée is a cultural space guaranteeing knowledge of the history of Africa and its diaspora in Montreal, Quebec. It opened its doors for the first time on 24 February 2022. This space aims to enhance the testimonies of Africans and to fight against discrimination and racism against Africans in Canada.

Culture 18 November 2022

The Scientific Francophone week organised by the AUF in Cairo, Egypt

At this event, some 40 ministers of higher education and 100 students from 50 French-speaking countries gathered to discuss artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship. The first Congress of the French-speaking Student Youth took place, providing an opportunity to participate in the creation of 180 student clubs. Our team was pleased to meet Marina Eyang Mve, a young Gabonese PhD student in economics in Libreville. She is the leader of a student club and aims to raise awareness of environmental issues among young people.

Culture 10 November 2022

Annick Kamgang, Cameroonian and Guadeloupean artivist

Annick Kamgang is a committed illustrator who documents the society that surrounds her through her ironic and caricatured drawings, both in the press and in literature. More commonly known as Kam, her drawings are inspired by her childhood in Cameroon and the political movements of the 1980s. Her best-known work, "Lucha", illustrates a group of Congolese youth committed to human rights.

Culture 9 November 2022

Joëlle Epée Mandingue, a comic book legend in Conakry

The Cameroonian Comic book artist who hides behind the pseudonym Elyon's is considered among the best pens in the field. Joëlle Epée Mandingue is the co-organiser of the travelling event Kubuni, which exhibits the best comics from Africa, aiming to share the continent's richness. Author, cartoonist and co-organiser of events... 8 years after the publication of her first book, Elyon's is now involved in the organisation of the prestigious African comic book festival Bilili BD.

Culture 16 September 2022

The Nyege Nyege Festival makes a stop in Paris

This summer, the East African electronic music festival Nyege Nyege was hosted at Le Point Fort d'Aubervilliers in Paris. A place blending cultures and art. The artists’ collective brings together contemporary creations inspired by traditional Africa.

Culture 14 September 2022

Adriana Bignagni-Lesca: the first Central African on the stage of the Opéra Garnier in Paris

Adriana Bignagni-Lesca, an opera singer of Gabonese origin, played Juno, Jupiter's wife, in Jean-Philippe Rameau's opera “Platée” this summer. She thrills us with her aspirations and story, a dream for many young Africans.

Culture 25 May 2022

Ancient African art influences contemporary art

Contemporary African art is becoming increasingly popular worldwide and exhibited in many galleries in Europe and the United States. A growing success, raising the question of the influence of ancient African art on contemporary artworks.