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Culture
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 | Bamako to host 2nd Literary Season | | Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The second edition of the literary season in Mali, which
opens next Tuesday at Bamako's palace of culture, will see the participation
of writers from eight countries.
05/02/2010 full text... |
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| 14 to vie for Miss Luanda 2010 | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Fourteen candidates will compete for the Miss Luanda 201
0 beauty pageant, to be held during a gala at the Tropical Cinema in Luanda on 2
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January.
24/01/2010 full text... |
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| Libyan writer, Khalifa Tillissi, dies | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The culture and arts world has lost one of its heads, wr
iter, novelist and historian, Khalifa Mohamed Tillissi of Libya, who died Wednes
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ay afternoon aged 80, PANA reported from here Thursday.
14/01/2010 full text... |
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| Angola unveils 22 new monuments | | Ondjiva, Angola (PANA) - Twenty two new historical monuments and sites were unve
iled in 2009 in the southern Cunene region of Angola, the provincial director fo
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culture, Celestino Vicente, disclosed Friday.
08/01/2010 full text... |
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| Ghanaâ?s traditional ruler returns home after visiting Nigeria | | Abeokuta, Nigeria (PANA) - Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II of the Ashanti Kingdo
m of Ghana has returned home after a four-day royal visit to the ancestral home
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f the Yorubas in south-west Nigeria, Ile-Ife and a stop-over visit in Abeokuta,
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here the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo held a reception for him on
Tuesday.
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| Ghanaâ?s traditional ruler returns home after visiting Nigeria | | Abeokuta, Nigeria (PANA) - Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II of the Ashanti Kingdo
m of Ghana has returned home after a four-day royal visit to the ancestral home
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f the Yorubas in south-west Nigeria, Ile-Ife and a stop-over visit in Abeokuta,
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here the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo held a reception for him on
Tuesday.
05/01/2010 full text... |
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| Senegal hosts int'l Blues of River Festival | | Podor, Senegal (PANA) - The fourth edition of the international Blues of the Riv
er Festival ends Saturday in Podor, on the initiative of Senegalese singer, Baab
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Maal, a native of the town, located in the northern part of Senegal.
25/12/2009 full text... |
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| Hairdresser wins beauty pageant | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A 35-year old hairdresser from Abomey in central Benin,
Hélène Assokpé, on Friday won the 2009 Hanan Queen competition meant to prom
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te African beauty.
12/12/2009 full text... |
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| Benin holds 5th "stoutest lady" contest Friday | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The fifth edition of the contest for the Beninese "stout
est lady" will be held Friday at the International Conference
Centre of Cotonou, said Ms. Jocelyne Alladaye, the originator of the contest whi
ch is aimed at promoting African beauty.
10/12/2009 full text... |
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| Benin holds 5th "stoutest lady" contest Friday | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The fifth edition of the contest for the Beninese "stout
est lady" will be held Friday at the International Conference
Centre of Cotonou, said Ms. Jocelyne Alladaye, the originator of the contest whi
ch is aimed at promoting African beauty.
10/12/2009 full text... |
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| UNESCO to set up high level panel on peace, culture | | Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Director General of the United Nations Educational, Cu
ltural and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, announced here on Mon
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ay the establishment of a high level panel on peace and dialogue among cultures,
saying she hoped the panel would bring about tolerance and reconciliation in the
world.
08/12/2009 full text... |
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| Ouagadougou is Africa's best cultural town, says Africa Culture Watchdog | | Paris, France (PANA) - The Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, has been ranked the b
est cultural town in Africa, beating Accra, Cape Town and Douala, in that order,
according to a report by Africa's Culture Watchdog (OCPA), presented on Monday i
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Paris, the French capital.
23/11/2009 full text... |
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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.
15/11/2009 full text... |
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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.
06/11/2009 full text... |
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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.
04/11/2009 full text... |
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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.
27/10/2009 full text... |
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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.
12/10/2009 full text... |
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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.
06/10/2009 full text... |
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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.
01/10/2009 full text... |
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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.
26/09/2009 full text... |
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