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Brazzaville’s Evening of Textile Statecraft Under the ornate ceilings of a downtown hotel on 11 July, the Congolese capital offered…

Brazzaville Prepares a Pan-African Crescendo In a city already renowned for its role in Central African mediation, Brazzaville now fine-tunes…

Brazzaville Confirms July 2025 Dates Amid Budgetary Prudence In the wood-panelled press room of the Ministry of Cultural, Tourism, Artistic…

An Evolving Cultural Mosaic of Central Africa From the Atlantic coastline of Pointe-Noire to the banks of the Sangha River,…

A Transatlantic Heritage Enters UNESCO Memory When the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO inscribed “Congolese rumba” on the Intangible Cultural Heritage…

Heritage and Hierarchy in Public Life The Republic of the Congo, often overshadowed by the demographic heft of its neighbours,…

A Delegation Steps onto Xinjiang’s Resonant Stage Urumqi’s crisp autumn air greeted a delegation of thirty-five journalists drawn from Africa,…

A riverside tradition reborn with transcontinental nuances The reopening of the African Guinguette on the Mont-Valérien esplanade signals more than…

A Cinematic Reframing of a UNESCO-Listed Tradition When UNESCO inscribed Congolese rumba on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural…

Cultural diplomacy meets creative ambition in Pointe-Noire When the French Institute of Congo (IFC) unveiled its latest call for projects…