By Rédaction Africanews and Afp Scientists have discovered a hidden passage inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid, the authorities announced on Thursday, part of a seven-year international research project. The passage is nine metres (30 feet) in length and more than two metres in width, the antiquities ministry said in a statement. Egypt’s Tourism and Antiquities Minister…
By Africanews After an interruption that lasted two years due to the pandemic, Carnival returned to the streets of Bissau last Saturday bringing together all ethnic groups in a show of colour and unity. “The Guinea Bissau carnival is authentic and original, because it shows the customs of each ethnic group in the country and…
By Afolake Oyinloye and AFP “We came as a family” says Manuel Dos Santos Macaia, “I’m here with the children to show them the importance of the carnival”. “The carnival, for me, is a thing of joy” explains Joaquina Menez Andre, a dancer, “now that we’ve come back to dance, it makes us feel good.”…
By CGTN Africa The promotional video for 2023 CMG Lantern Festival Gala was screened for the first time on Friday at the Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city. Local residents and visitors are served with sweet dumplings for this traditional Chinese festival.
By Africanews with AP An apex predator, created in vibrant florals. Florists and gardeners are putting the finishing touches to this lion installation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The huge sculpture is the centrepiece of Kew annual orchid festival. Planning for the event began last summer. For the last three weeks, five Kew gardeners and…
AFP , AP , Wednesday 1 Feb 2023 An estimated 1 million joyous Congolese poured into the capital’s main airport Wednesday for Pope Francis’ first big Mass in Africa, on a day dedicated to his call for peace and forgiveness in a country wracked by decades of violence. Many of the Congolese faithful spent the night on the…
By Rédaction Africanews The Bizmoun necklace is the oldest piece of jewellery in the world. It’s on display at the National Finery Museum in Rabat, Morocco, a building which has reopened its doors after years of renovations. The necklace, made of 32 perforated shells, was found in 2019 in the Bizmoun cave near Essaouira. “The…
AFP “I was able to come this year because there is peace,” says Asme Mamo as he joins crowds of worshippers celebrating Orthodox Christmas in the historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela. Two months after a ceasefire deal between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels to end two years of a devastating war, Africa’s largest Christian…
By Rédaction Africanews and Raziah Athman The akogo, one of the most popular musical instruments in Uganda. It belongs to the Iteso, who designed it centuries ago. The thumb piano is traditionally played at sacred ceremonies like the birth of twins, marriage or a funeral. Okopa Kokas has been making akogo since he was 15….
By Rédaction Africanews and Cédric Lyonnel Sehossolo The Bantous de la Capitale, the first Congolese orchestra created in 1959, has lost its last founding father. The guitarist Passy Mermans, alias “Mermans the first”, died last Wednesday in Brazzaville at the age of 80. The death of Mermans, who played guitar for one of the oldest…
