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Culture
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 | Libya, ISESCO sign MOUs on training | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The General Libyan Authority for Culture and the
Islamic Organisation for Education, Sciences and Culture (ISESCO) on Saturday
signed two memorandums of understanding (MOUs) in Tripoli relating to editing an
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dissemination of books and periodicals, and the creation of a regional centre
of traditional arts and trades.
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| Liberia's Star Radio wins Waves of Freedom Festival prize | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Liberian radio station, Star Radio, won the radio contest
in French language, dubbed "26 March Prize", as part of the seventh edition of t
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e Waves of Freedom Festival, which ended Thursday in the Malian capital, Bamako,
PANA reported from here.
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| "Triangle du Balafon" festival starts in Mali Friday | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The sixth edition of the "Triangle du Balafon" festival, w
hich will bring together artists and bands of Balafon players from Burkina Faso,
Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali and Angola, will start on Friday in the Malian city
of Sikasso, 380 kilometres south of Bamako, the Malian capital, official sources
told PANA.
05/11/2009 full text... |
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| UNESCO mourns popular French anthropologist | | Paris, France (PANA) - Outgoing UNESCO Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura, Tue
sday expressed his sorrow over the death of eminent French anthropologist, Claud
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Levi-Strauss, whom he described as one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th cen
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ury.
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| Niger hosts international festival on African fashion | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The seventh edition of the International Festival of Afri
can Fashion (FIMA) begins Tuesday in Niamey, the Nigerien capital, with a parade
of the African ready-to-wear dresses at the Palace of Congresses of Niamey, the
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inister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Promotion of Artistic Entrepreneurship, M.
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| UNESCO ends 35th general conference | | Paris, France (PANA) - The 35th session of UNESCOâ?s General Conference ended h
ere on Friday marked, among other issues, by the adoption of a new programme and
budget for 2010 and 2011, PANA reported, quoting a UNESCO press release.
23/10/2009 full text... |
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| Mediterranean cultural project ship to dock in Tripoli | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) â" A French ship, â?La Meuseâ?, will dock in the Libyan
capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday under the framework of a Mediterranean cultural pr
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ject, â?Ulysse 2009â?, that encourages cultural exchange between the two shores
of the Mediterranean.
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| Jammeh off to UNESCO Conference | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh leaves Banjul on Tuesday
to attend the 35th Session of UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisati
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n (UNESCO) General Conference in Paris, according to a press release from the Of
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ice of The President.
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| 12 elements in 8 countries inscribed on UNESCO heritage list | | Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) - The Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Her
itage, chaired by Awadh Ali Saleh Al Musabi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), h
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s identified 12 elements of intangible cultural heritage, in need of urgent safe
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uarding, in eight countries during its current session in Abu Dhabi, PANA report
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d.
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| Libya to host international book show 9-19 Nov. | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ninth edition of the International Al-Jamahiriya Boo
k Show will be held from 9 to 19 November in Tripoli and
Benghazi, Libya, with the participation of more than 400 local, Arab and interna
tional publishing houses, a communique issued Saturday by the Libyan Authority o
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Culture announced.
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| UNESCO names Irina Gueorguieva Bokova as new DG | | Paris, France (PANA) - The 58 members of UNESCOâ?s Executive Board on Tuesday n
amed Irina Gueorguieva Bokova of Bulgaria
candidate for the post of Director-General of the world body, according to a pre
ss release received by PANA.
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| Exhibition highlights African talent | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Government officials, artists, curators, the m
edia and supporters of the African contemporary arts industry on Wednesday night
attended the launch of The Artists of Africa Exhibition at the Johannesburg Thea
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| Senegal's Babacar Sine passes away | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The first African Director of the Centre of Studies in
Information Sciences and Techniques (CESTI) of the Dakar-based Cheikh Anta Diop
University (UCAD in Senegal, Babacar Sine, passed away Monday in Paris,
France, at the age of 70.
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| Togolese becomes UNESCO Artist for Peace | | New York, US (PANA) - Togolese artist Paul Ahyi on Thursday became the newest me
mber on the list of UNESCO renowned personalities who use their influence, chari
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ma and prestige to help promote the message and programmes of the organisation.
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| Cape Verde hosts international drama festival | | Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The XVth International Drama Festival opened in Minde
lo, in the Cape Verdian Island of Sao Vicente, on Thursday with
21 groups from 10 European, South American and African countries participating.
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| Fatwa issued against secular writer in Egypt | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt's Islamic Legislation Authority has issued a fatwa a
gainst the country's prominent writer Sayed Kemny, triggering angry reactions fr
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m Islamic scholars, activists and rights groups.
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| Pires hails Cape Verdian site at World Heritage community | | Paris, France (PANA) – The recent registration of the Cape Verdian site
"Cidade Velha”, the historical centre of Santiago's Ribeira Grande" on the list
of the world heritage site is a comforting element that calls for the relentless
continuation of reflections on slavery, Cape Verdian president, Pedro Pires,
said Tuesday in Paris.
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| African comic strip played up at PANAF 2009 | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Comic Strip is being given a pride of place
among activities at the 2nd Pan African Cultural Festival (PANAF) holding in Alg
iers, Algeria,
the Algerian Press Service (APS) reported.
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| SADR pleads Sahrawi cause at Panaf 2009 | | Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Secretary General of the Sahrawi Ministry of Cultu
re, Mustapha Mohamed Fadhel, said in Algiers Thursday that the participation of
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he Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) at the ongoing Pan-African Cultural F
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stival in Algeria was an opportunity to popularise the Sahrawi cause and the cul
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ural and artistic heritage of the country.
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| Africa displays cultural splendour in Panaf | | Oran, Algeria(PANA) - From the small Senegalese village of Thionk Essyl to the S
avannah of Zimbabwe and Zambia, Africa has been displaying its rich repertoire o
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creative drums, generous dances and cultural splendour across Western Algeria,
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hich is hosting the 5-20 July 2009 2nd African Cultural Festival.
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| Algerian towns resonate to African rhythms | | Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Three Algerian towns– Algiers, Tipsa and Blida -have r
esonated to African rhythms and dances at the ongoing Second African Culture Fes
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ival (Panaf 2009), the Algerian News Agency (APS) has reported.
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| Algerian towns resonate to African rhythms | | Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – Three Algerian towns – Algiers, Tipsa and Blida – have
resonated to African rhythms and dances at the ongoing Second African
Culture Festival (Panaf 2009), the Algerian News Agency (APS) has reported.
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| Algiers International Cinema Festival to become an annual event | | Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Head of the department of Cinema in Algeria, Moura
d Aït Oumeziane, announced here on Tuesday that the Algiers International Festiv
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l of Cinema, which coincides this year with the second edition of the Panafrican
Festival of Culture (Panaf 2009), will now be organized annually.
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| Mugabe expected in Zambia Tuesday | | Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is expected in Living
stone, Zambia’s tourist capital city, Tuesday for the Lwiindi traditional ceremo
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y of the Toka Leya people.
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| Former Ghana President Rawlings mourns Michael Jackson | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings on Friday sen
t a message of condolence to the family of US pop star Michael Jackson who died
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n Los Angeles on Thursday of suspected cardiac arrest, describing him as the “Em
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eror of Pop”.
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