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MUSIC-CARIBBEAN: St. Kitts Joins Festival Bandwagon
From Barbados in the east to Jamaica in the north the Caribbean musical beat can be heard almost year long as more and more island states jump onto the festival bandwagon.CULTURE-USA: The Price of Jackie O’s Knick-Knacks
Call it capitalism gone mad, or nostalgia run amok.LITERATURE: Argentina Creates New 100,000 Dollar Award
Argentina has created a new Spanish- language international literature award - the most generous granted in Latin America.MEDIA-NEPAL: Radio Tests Limits of Official Tolerance
Satellite television has transformed South Asia's media in the past three years, but so far governments in the region have managed to maintain their monopoly over national radio and television.CULTURE-GERMANY: Save the Wall – What’s Left of It!
It's been six and-a-half years since the Berlin Wall came down but the barrier that once snaked through 43 kms of the city is still the subject of dispute in the capital of reunited Germany.CULTURE-NIGERIA: Seeking Cultural Loot
Benin people in present-day Nigeria are demanding reparation and restitution for the sacking of their kingdom a century ago by a British expedition.BULGARIA-MEDIA: What Will be on the Box?
Bulgarians glued to their TV sets these days are getting more than the normal programming fare: they are also being given an insight into what national television will look like in the future.CONGO-CULTURE: Some Like it Hot, Some Find it Too Hot
The sexually explicit choreography of many Congolese and Zairean bands have won them thousands of fans, spinning wealth for their promoters.ZIMBABWE-CULTURE: Museums and Monuments in Need of Attention
Underfunding and inadequate expertise in the management of museums and monuments are hampering the preservation of Zimbabwe's rich heritage, experts here say.RUSSIA-BOOKS: Revisiting the Life – and Death – of “The Boss”
Joseph Stalin is back. His visage glowers from posters at Russian political rallies, his memory is revered by Russian voters supportive of the resurgent Communist Party, and, in a recent scan of 'The New York Times', his name appeared 33 times in just six weeks.MUSIC-AUSTRALIA: Down Under With the Blues
The blues, a musical expression that embodies in haunting lyrics and rhythmic accent the passion and pain of black life in the United States, has found a strong resonance in Australia.CUBA-FILM: Titon and the New Cuban Cinema
From "El mégano" to "Guantanamera," by way of "Memories of Underdevelopment" and "Strawberries and Chocolate", Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Titón) has had a single obsession: to make movies, but not just any movie.BAHAMAS-CULTURE: ‘Local Culture First’
In a concert hall full to overflowing, 5,000 Bahamians crushed against each other last week as they rocked to the beat of Jamaican reggae music and listened to the biting lyrics of deejay artist Buju Banton.CENTRAL AFRICA-CULTURE: Museums Lose Grip on the Past
Want to visit the Congo's National Museum? Maybe it's too late.ISRAEL-BOOKS: Yitzhak Rabin, Out of Uniform
Noa Ben-Artzi Philosof implanted herself on the memory of viewers with a eulogy at the televised funeral of her grandfather Yitzhak Rabin last November. Her poignant words contrasted sharply with the torrent of regrets which assembled world leaders delivered almost by rote.THAILAND-CULTURE: Time Warped Temples Rise Out of Old City Ruins
The lofty, hypnotic lure of Buddhist shrines, temples and tombs are stirring to life in Ayutthaya which has recently blossomed into a major pilgrimage site for tourists, archaeologists and Buddhist devotees.KENYA-THEATRE: Politics and Performance
Drama is the tool a group of concerned Kenyans have selected to plant the democratic seed in people's hearts here.CHINA-BOOKS: ‘China Pop’ Shows New Style of People’s Republic
When most Westerners think of China right now, says Chinese-American journalist Jianying Zha, they think of cliches: Communist power, Deng Xiaoping's capitalist reforms, and most recently the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.THEATRE: Serving it Up
Racism, promiscuity and random violence are among themes tackled by 22-year-old David Eldridge's new play 'Serving It Up' shown at London's Bush Theatre.TURKEY-CINEMA: A Film Festival Without Hollywood
Hand it to the organisers of the Istanbul Film Festival: they dare to be different. So much so the 15th revival of the event, which closes here Sunday (Apr 14), shut the door in Hollywood's face.VENEZUELA-CINEMA: Venezuela Touts Itself as best Caribbean Location
With national film production in decline after the boom years in the 1970s and 1980s, Venezuela is now promoting itself as "the best location in the Caribbean" for foreign filmmakers.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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