With his new cd Television the Senegalese singer wants to connect with the contemporary pop music fan and challenge prejudices about his continent's music.
For those hoping to discover contemporary artists and art projects in unexpected locations, a new tool was recently launched: the open network Mediamatic Travel.
Since his early childhood the Mexican artist is fascinated by the theme of missing children. With his meticulously made pen and ink drawings - based on actual appeals - he tries to evoke a moment of identification between the observer and the lost child.
The South African novelist and academic foresees troubling times ahead in his country. He is an advocateof dealing carefully with cultural diversity, now that South-Africa is still in a period of transition.
With angels in cocoons, bragging politicians and flickering memorials Dono comments on the situation in his country, but also on the shared Dutch-Indonesian past.
The words 'Indian DJ' are usually accompanied by requests for popular Bollywood songs and their remixes. But now, a relatively new breed of Indian DJs are fighting the stereotype with electronic dance music.
Could an annually rotating African Cultural Capital contribute to development on the continent? That question came up during the World Conference over Art and Culture that was held in Johannesburg at the end of September 2009.
During Heritage Day Brazil, which took place in Rotterdam early October, a fresh, broad perspective on international cooperation in heritage preservation was promoted.
