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Cultural center
A cultural center or cultural centre is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts. Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist-run.
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Youth From 30 African Countries Gather In Accra For Young Leaders Summit
Modern Ghana 28 Nov 2019
Topics discussed centred on African Leadership, Digital Innovation, the Creative and Arts industry, ......
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Togo opens groundbreaking arts centre in former colonial palace
The Art Newspaper 26 Nov 2019
Togo has opened its first major contemporary art and culture centre ... “This is not just a restored building, it's an art centre of international standing that will bear witness to the diversity of national and pan-African cultural production,” Dramani said ... Meanwhile, the centre’s ......
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Michael Bloomberg apologises for 'stop-and-frisk' policy
Sify 18 Nov 2019
The stop-and-frisk policy which refers to a brief non-intrusive police stop of a suspect, disproportionately targeted black and Latino residents in New York City, the BBC reported. Speaking at the Christian Cultural Centre, an African-American church in Brooklyn, Bloomberg on Sunday said the policy was a mistake ... trust" ... ....
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The Guardian view on the history of slavery: much to be learned | Editorial
The Guardian 03 Nov 2019
... installed on Friday as the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where he is in charge of 19 museums, 21 libraries, a zoo and a number of research centres, the first African American to hold this key post in the US’s cultural world....
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With FG Backing, AFRIMA Gears Up for an Exciting Sixth Edition
This Day 01 Nov 2019
The event will be broadcast live and is conceptualised to celebrate African creativity and culture in all its splendour as well as reward African artistes who emerge winners in the 36 AFRIMA continental and regional categories ranging from the classic, contemporary to traditional genres of music....
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Meet Sara Blecher: SA's first intimacy co-ordinator
Independent online (SA) 31 Oct 2019
But we are still a deeply conservative country where the boundaries don’t centre around nudity or sex as much as they do around religion and culture. South African audiences tend to be far more tolerant of sex than they are, for example of intimate scenes associated with cultural rituals; or religious iconography....
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Where next in Australia’s pursuit of football's next golden generation?
The Observer 31 Oct 2019
... attracted to the game through the culture and passion surrounding it ... Through their engagement with One Culture Football, the Welcome Centre, the African Community Council and their support for the annual African Nations Cup, Adelaide United is connecting the passion to a pathway....
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ABAYOMI BARBER: AN UNFLINCHING ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA’S ARTISTIC INDEPENDENCE
This Day 29 Sep 2019
Shunning the Western-coloured perceptions of African art, the nonagenarian artist Abayomi Barber asserts his artistic independence in naturalism and blazes a trail in the contemporary Nigerian art scene ... He became an arts fellow at the University of Lagos’s School of African and Asian Studies, which is now known as the Centre for Cultural Studies....
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The architects who build art collections: from Phil Freelon to I.M. Pei
The Art Newspaper 26 Sep 2019
His palette of rich, warm tones, including browns and bronzes, distinguished his many designs for African American history and cultural centres, according to Phil Harrison, the chief executive of Perkins + Will, the firm that absorbed Freelon’s practice in 2014....
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Heritage Day: Ramaphosa calls for unity in diversity
Independent online (SA) 25 Sep 2019
“The foundation of African people’s claim to any heritage is the land ... “It doesn’t mean we must give up our identity or apologise for our race, culture or language ... Ramaphosa further called on South Africans to use recent events of violence in the country to rekindle a culture centred on values of unity, dignity, respect and equality....
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Mosque, Synagogue and Church Being Built Together in Abu Dhabi
Newsweek 25 Sep 2019
... as their cultural and historical differences. Adjaye, who also designed the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo and the National Museum of African American History in D.C., says he saw the garden, "as a powerful metaphor, this safe space where community, connection and civility combine."....
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Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library and Re-conceptualisation of Human Security: The Fiesta Approach
This Day 22 Sep 2019
Lessons for Human Security in Africa.’ It was organised by the Centre for Human Security and Dialogue (CHSD) in collaboration with the Institute for African Culture and International Understanding (IACIU) and the Africa Progress Group Secretariat (APGS)....
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South Africa’s township foods are being remade as gourmet dishes by a new generation of chefs
Quartz 15 Sep 2019
It’s not just that black chefs have historically been excluded from the highest echelons of the profession; even today, previously disadvantaged chefs frequently lack the resources, not to mention cultural capital, to put indigenous South African cuisine and recipes front and centre of the fine dining experience....
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