The World Press Photo contest's Photo of the Year award went to the image of a Palestinian woman embracing the body of her niece, who was killed along with her mother and sister when an Israeli missile hit their home, the organization announced on Thursday. Captured by photographer Mohammed Salem, of the International...
On Thursday (18) in Maputo, the European Union (EU) announced funding of 5 million euros for the cultural and creative industries sector in Mozambique. The amount comes to the country through the "Cultiv'arte" project, which aims to strengthen the national cultural sector, creating spaces for the social and economic development of art makers,...
Mozambican artist Fauziya Fliege opened an art exhibition this Sunday (14). It's called 'Africa in your eyes' and it's on show at the Cartago Municipal Museum in Costa Rica. The exhibition seeks to convey the essence and diversity of African culture through a variety of works that capture images...
Last night, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Eldevina Materula, inaugurated the exhibition "Yes, music is beautiful: the path to restoring the 'work' (1967) by the artist Malangatana at the National Art Museum (MUSART). "The exhibition that we have the privilege of inaugurating today (yesterday) is part of the government's efforts to promote...
The Cultiv'arte project will be launched on April 18 at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center in Maputo City. The Cultiv'arte initiative comes from the European Union and is to be implemented by Expertise France, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Essentially, Cultiv'arte aims to promote the cultural sector...
The Institute for Research into the History of the National Liberation Struggle (IPHLLN) plans to produce three collections bringing together various narratives on the contemporary history of the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP). The collection, the first volume of which is due out later this year, will focus on the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde,...
The arts are a supreme resource for raising awareness, in many ways, and here in Mozambique there is a bank that is increasingly excelling in this combination. It's Absa Bank, which for years has been using the arts and culture to teach financial literacy. This Mozambican Women's Month, the institution has taken on the challenge of...
The president of Camões, the Institute for Cooperation and Language, Ana Paula Fernandes, will be making a working visit to Mozambique from Monday, with an agenda that includes the inauguration of the Language Center at Eduardo Mondlane University. In a statement, the Portuguese Embassy in Maputo said that Ana Paula Fernandes will also take part in the...
Mozambican poet Jeconias Mocumbi recently won the first Floriano Martins International Lusophone Poetry Prize, organized in Chile. The author achieved this feat with his book "Os Dedos da Agonia", which, as a result of the award, will be published this year in a bilingual edition, Portuguese and Spanish, by LP5 Editora in the Poetry Collection Plateado...
In celebration of the 75th birthday of Mozambican musician Wazimbo, on March 20 (Wednesday), at 6pm, the Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo will be showing the documentary Monstros de Guitarra (Guitar Monsters). Monstros de Guitarra is a series of documentaries about Mozambican musicians and their musical careers. The stories are told by the musicians themselves...