Tag: Arts and Culture
WhatsApp novelists use messaging app to jot down and promote books in Zimbabwe | Social Media Information
Harare, Zimbabwe – Sitting on a plastic chair, Kingston Dhewa stares intently at his smartphone, his thumbs jabbing furiously on the display screen. He stops [Read More…]
The historic hammam ritual is having a renaissance in Istanbul | Arts and Tradition
Istanbul, Turkey – The Zeyrek neighbourhood of Istanbul is quintessentially residential; males play backgammon on makeshift tables and discarded vegetable crates line the streets. Seemingly [Read More…]
‘A dream’: How the Americas’ first free city took its independence again | Arts and Tradition Information
San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia – Overlooking the often sleepy, languid city of San Basilio de Palenque is a statue of Benkos Bioho, runaway slave, [Read More…]
From Somalia to south Oregon – how basketball reunites civil conflict survivors | Basketball
Ashland, Oregon – Contained in the gymnasium at Ashland Center College, basketballs are bouncing off the backboards and freshly waxed flooring, footballs are being kicked [Read More…]
Cultural treasure or painful reminder? Libya’s colonial structure | Arts and Tradition
Benghazi, Libya – It occurred in the course of the night time, as most damaging operations carried out with out the consent of the native [Read More…]
‘My crew are my brothers’: Inside Tunisia’s dance revolution | Arts and Tradition
Tunis, Tunisia – It’s a balmy Thursday night time in Tunis and the area’s coolest crowd is escaping the town centre. Headed north in the [Read More…]
The surfer chef behind South Africa’s first high quality eating halal restaurant | Fork the System
Cape City, South Africa – The primary signal that Anwar Abdullatief is just not a mean chef is his selection of headwear. Regardless of the whimsical [Read More…]