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May 19
Chad: From Refugee to Red Carpet, the Remarkable Journey of Amine Benrachid
Amine Benrachid arrived in France with nothing but the clothes on his back, having crossed the Mediterranean on a rubber dinghy and walked across the border on foot. Today, the… Read more »
May 16
Africa: Why Is African Cinema Out of the Picture At the Cannes Film Festival?
Does the absence of African films in the main competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival point to a glass ceiling? Or is African cinema still slowly but surely finding its way… Read more »
May 11
Africa: Macron Champions African Investment, Backs Restitution of Colonial Artefacts
French President Emmanuel Macron urged investment in Africa at the start of an economic summit in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at renewing France's engagement with the continent. He also… Read more »
May 10
Mali: Malian Filmmaker Captures Disappearing Tuareg Culture and Traditions
In Undertows: A Tuareg Tale, Malian film director Intagrist el Ansari captures the way of life of his people - the Tuaregs. Filmed over 10 years in nomadic settlements and refugee… Read more »
April 26
Africa: Black British Music Takes Centre Stage As London's V&A East Opens Doors
London - More than 125 years of black music in Britain is being celebrated in the inaugural exhibition at the new V&A East museum in Stratford, London. RFI was at the opening… Read more »
April 18
Sudan: The French Archaeologists Helping War-Ravaged Sudan Save Its Heritage
The war in Sudan, now in its fourth year, has seen thousands of people killed and millions displaced. Alongside the human toll, there are concerns too for the country's abundant… Read more »
April 19
Senegal: Beyond Restitution, Towards 'Universal Museums' - the Case for Sharing Heritage
France this week passed a law to simplify the restitution of art and artefacts looted from its former colonies and now held in public collections, a move designed to speed up the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Poet, Trader, Explorer - Following Rimbaud's Footsteps in Ethiopia
In the heart of Ethiopia's ancient walled city of Harar, more than 500 kilometres east of Addis Ababa, stands a museum dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud. It offers visitors the chance to… Read more »
April 15
Africa: French Lawmakers Green Light Bill to Facilitate Return of Looted Artefacts
France's lower house has overwhelmingly approved a bill to ease the return of artworks and artefacts looted during the colonial era, paving the way to address restitution requests… Read more »
April 05
Africa: 'Politics and Glamour' Take the Catwalk At African Fashion Exhibition
For decades, African designers have channelled changing notions of identity and aspiration into fashion. The exhibition "Africa Fashion", now showing at the Quai Branly museum in… Read more »
March 29
Nigeria: Nigerian Brothers Bring Parallels of Fatherhood, Nationhood to the Screen
Lagos, Nigeria, June 1993. Political upheaval grips the country as it votes in its first general election since the 1983 military coup. It's against this backdrop that Akinola… Read more »
March 23
Nigeria: How a Nigerian Town Came to Speak 'Street French'
Located deep in Yoruba country lies the town of Ejigbo, in southwestern Nigeria. Over time, it has developed its own unique form of French, thanks to close historic ties with other… Read more »
March 20
Africa: French Overtakes Arabic to Become World's Fourth Most Spoken Language
French now ranks ahead of Arabic as the fourth most widely spoken language in the world, according to a report published this week ahead of Friday's international day of the French… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Young Congolese Author Pascal Boroto Wins African Literary Prize
The 2026 Voix d'Afriques (Voices from Africa) literature prize has been awarded to Pascal Boroto, a young writer from the Democratic Republic of Congo, for a novel inspired by his… Read more »
March 14
Benin: Benin Singer OPA Wins 2026 RFI African Music Prize
In the running alongside nine other candidates from the African continent, OPA's fusion of afrobeats, soul, jazz and traditional Beninese sounds won over both the public vote and… Read more »
February 28
Cameroon: Okali, a Musical Love Story Between France and Cameroon
Musical duo Okali - Cameroonian singer Gaëlle Minali-Bella and French multi-instrumentalist Florent Sorin - released their debut EP this month, the result of years of… Read more »
February 21
Cote d'Ivoire: France Hands Stolen Colonial-Era 'Talking Drum' Back to Côte d'Ivoire
France has handed over the Djidji Ayokwe or "talking drum" back to Côte d'Ivoire after it was looted by colonial troops in 1916. Used by the Ebrie tribe to transmit messages,… Read more »
February 18
Gabon: Gabon Pulls Plug On Facebook and TikTok Amid Anti-Government Protests
Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok were no longer available in Gabon on Wednesday, AFP journalists and a watchdog said, after regulators suspended them over… Read more »
February 15
Madagascar: Madagascar's 'People of the Forest' Confront Life Beyond the Woods
The Zafimaniry people of Madagascar are confronting a difficult choice about their future as deforestation and globalisation reshape their way of life. Fewer than 15,000 members of… Read more »
Africa: 'Relooted' - the Video Game Where Players Steal Back African Artefacts
A video game released this week by a South African company features characters from the African continent whose objective is to reclaim artefacts looted by colonisers from Western… Read more »
February 10
Nigeria: Cambridge University Museum Set to Return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
A Cambridge University museum will shortly return around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part of a major restitution initiative, the UK's weekly newspaper the Observer has… Read more »
February 05
Africa: From TikTok and AI to Colonial Abuses, Film Festival Highlights African Vision
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, in central France, is the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 500 films screened during a week-long event. Its… Read more »
January 31
Kenya: Kenya - the Accidental Librarian Keeping Kibera's Kids in Books
In Africa's largest slum town, a retired railway worker has turned an abandoned shack into a library for the local children. Read more »
January 29
Africa: French Senate Adopts Bill On Restitution of Stolen Cultural Property
French senators on Wednesday adopted a bill to simplify the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin. Previously, each restitution had to be… Read more »
January 25
Sudan: Race to Save Sudan's Plundered Heritage As Museums Fall Victim to War
In almost three years of civil war in Sudan, the country's museums have been ravaged, with thousands of its archaeological treasures looted and feared trafficked. Researchers in… Read more »
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