Archive for the ‘FeaturedArticle’ Category

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  Sonic meditation on tradition and transformation

  April 15, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 498

  By John Owoo (Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire) A compelling contemporary performance by Fayçal Belattar and Eloi Calame (Baçira)...

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  Subtle exposure of constraints that shape female identity

  April 15, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 644

  By John Owoo (Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire) Salle Kodjo Ebouclé (Palais de la Culture) came alive with a magnetic production,...

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  Dancer decries barriers to artists’ mobility

  April 15, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 419

  By John Owoo (Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire) Egyptian dancer and choreographer Mounir Saeed delivered a riveting solo performance...

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  Political choreography confronts silence

  April 14, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 674

  By John Owoo (Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire) Burundian choreographer Josué Mugisha delivers a strikingly urgent performance that...

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  Restrained and deliberate movement vocabulary

  April 14, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 795

  By John Owoo (Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire) At once intimate and politically resonant, Unravel, conceived and performed by...

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  Dancers highlight scope of contemporary African dance

  April 13, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 748

  By John Owoo (Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire) At the Salle Niangoran Porquet (Palais de la Culture) during the ongoing MASA...

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  MASA 2026 celebrates African cultural excellence

  April 12, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 650

  By John Owoo Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan, the Ivorian capital, has come alive with color, rhythm, and emotion as MASA...

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  Fluid discourse, bodies, space, and sound

  March 29, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 786

  By John Owoo (Lomé – Togo) Synaptic Resonances, choreographed by Tréma Michaël Rakotonjatovo, provided a hypnotic and...

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  Striking dialogue between heritage and technology

  March 23, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 843

  By John Owoo (Lomé – Togo) At the Maison des Arts et du Social, a dance piece titled Racine Carrée unfolded as a daring and...

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  Expressive and figurative paintings reflecting pride

  March 9, 2026 • FeaturedArticle, News • 915

  By John Owoo (Accra – Ghana) An exhibition, “Kingdom of Pride,” by Ivorian-Togolese artist Ismael Tamek, on show at the Mix...