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Heart surgeon turned comedian, Egypt's Bassem Youssef begins "The Middle Beast" tour

"No, I mean, I'm not a content creator. So, what I do is either post about my shows or post clips from my interviews because people's attention spans are much smaller now. So, when I do an interview that is like an hour, an hour and a half,.." Bassem
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05 Apr 2024

Inedible for some, delicious for others: inside Berlin's 'Disgusting food' museum

Delicious for some, simply inedible for others. Would you consider poisonous snakes or a sheep's eye as an ingredient in a recipe? A Berlin Museum is dedicated to showing cultural differences when it comes to cuisine and explores the idea of taste an
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05 Apr 2024

Rwanda: Fostering national unity through dance

Welcome to the "rafiki" (Swahili word for 'Friend') dance club in central Kigali. Drumbeats set the stage as young men and women try to master the traditional Amaraba dance. Rwanda marks this years the 30th commemoration of the 1994 genocide.
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05 Apr 2024

Choro, Brazil's first urban popular music genre, gets national recognition

In February, the Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage recognised choro as Brazilian cultural heritage. It is considered the first characteristically Brazilian genre of urban popular music.
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03 Apr 2024

Beyonce honored, SZA wins song of the year at iHeartRadio Music Awards

Beyonce thanked innovators that came before her including presenter Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Tina Turner.
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02 Apr 2024

'Diarra From Detroit' star talks new series, Detroit's Kilpatrick family

The show follows a woman named Diarra who is getting a divorce and has moved into her mother's old house in Detroit. She goes on a date with a man she meets on Tinder and they spend the night together, and then he disappears. Diarra launches an inves
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01 Apr 2024

Tyla talks anticipated debut album, shining a light on music out of Africa

Throughout the past year, tons of good energy have been coming toward Tyla, who released her self-titled debut album last week. Its a culmination of lifelong aspirations for the 22-year-old whose ambitions were always bigger than her continent, as ma
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01 Apr 2024

Learning from the ancients, modern Moroccan architecture forges new identity

Rabat really is a place where old meets new and where eastern and western architectural design come together. Examples can be seen all over the city, from the train station, to the soon-to-be completed Mohamed VI Tower, to the Grand Theatre, a large
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22 Mar 2024

Women's stand-up breaking barriers in Africa

Many African comedians have become sources of inspirations for younger women. Ivorian comedian Prissy la degammeuse was in Pointe Noire for the second edition of the Stand up au feminin festival in Pointe-Noire (The Congo).
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13 Mar 2024