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Today

Ni Una Menos women’s movement in Argentina

On 3 June 2015, tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital, Buenos Aires, and in dozens of cities and towns demanding an end to violence against women. There were demonstrations in Chile and Uruguay in solidarity too. Argentina was reporting a female murder rate of one e ... Show More

9m 31s

Yesterday

Argentina’s national genetics bank created to identify stolen babies

In 1982, Argentine geneticist Victor Penchaszadeh was living in exile in New York when he received a call that would change the course of his career. Two founding members of the campaign group, the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, were asking for his help to find their kidnappe ... Show More

10m 41s

Jul 8

The mystery of Evita’s corpse

When Eva Peron, Argentina's most famous First Lady, died in 1952, her body was embalmed. Three years later, her widower, Juan Peron, was deposed in a coup. But military officers feared her corpse would become a rallying point of protest against the new government. So they stole i ... Show More

10m 34s

May 2022

Artists who made history

Max Pearson introduces the memories of people who knew Picasso, Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe; plus, how a collector in the Soviet Union managed to open a museum for Russian artists banned by Stalin, and how a festival in Senegal in the 1960s inspired artists across a newly-in ... Show More

49m 44s

Jun 2023

Le festival Jazzablanca 2023 entre nouveaux talents et des stars internationales

Depuis 2006, c’est l’évènement incontournable pour lancer la saison des festivals à Casablanca au Maroc. Un festival international à la programmation éclectique, qui touche des milliers de festivaliers de toutes les générations, rassemblés pendant trois jours - du 22 au 24 juin - ... Show More

2m 46s

Jun 2020

The Zanzibar revolution

How a bloody 1960s revolution changed East Africa. We hear an eyewitness account and talk to Professor Emma Hunter of Edinburgh University. Plus the birth of ecotourism in Costa Rica, the post-war origin of the World Health Organisation, the man who created the world's first port ... Show More

51m 18s

Sep 2022

Germaine Acogny, le sacre de la danse africaine

Germaine Acogny a porté la danse contemporaine africaine à son sommet. Accompagnée de danseurs formés dans sa célèbre école des Sables et de la danseuse Malou Airaudo, elle présente à La Villette à Paris jusqu'au 30 septembre 2022 un spectacle imaginé en deux parties : « Common G ... Show More

48m 30s

Dec 2021

How is African music taking on the world?

Artists like Burna Boy, Black Coffee and Wizkid are paving the way for a generation of music stars. They’re winning awards and collaborating with artists around the world who recognise their talent…and the influence sounds from the continent have had for centuries. And with Afric ... Show More

14m 17s

Jun 2021

Decade of Transformation: Celebrating Contemporary Arab Culture at Shubbak Festival

During the first event of our Shubbak Festival x afikra Roundtable Series we talked to Eckhard Thiemann (Shubbak CEO & Festival Artistic Director), Taghrid Choucair Vizoso (Senior Programmer & Festival Producer) & Riwa Saab (member of the Young Shubbak group) about the history of ... Show More

55m 5s

Apr 2015

The Best Nightclub in Africa

World renowned DJ Edu, aka The ‘Afro Boss’, is on a journey across Africa to explore how the young generation are having fun from Friday to Sunday. He starts in his hometown Nairobi and finds out how young, up and coming DJs, are making their mark on the music world by selling mi ... Show More

49m 53s

Aug 2023

Liban: à Hammana, le festival d'été rassemble des artistes du monde entier

C'est à Hammana, un village dans la montagne libanaise perché à 1200 mètres, que se tient en ce moment la 8e édition du festival d'été organisé par le collectif Kahraba. C'est l'un des nombreux festivals de la saison qui perdure dans le pays du Cèdre malgré une situation économiq ... Show More

2m 56s