Since the 8th of May an immense statue has been slowly unveiled behind the Palais de la Marina, close to the Palais des Congrès and the Port Autonome de Cotonou in Benin’s capital Porto-Novo. A photo of the statue by photojournalist Eric Ahounou, made the rounds on the web, provoking a
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Nawal El Saadawi, ‘Egypt’s most radical woman’
Born in a village just outside Cairo in 1931 into a family of 9 children, one of the most outspoken feminist leaders in the Arab-speaking world, El Saadawi wrote her first novel at the age of 13 years old and continued to write about her own experiences and those of
Rumba Museum opens in Kinshasa
Following the death of the musician Papa Wemba, the Congolese government decided to purchase his main residence in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and transform it into a museum celebrating Congolese rumba. Papa Wemba Papa Wemba’s career began when he joined the music group Zaiko Langa