Africa is a culturally diverse continent, and it is home to a number of festivals celebrating its colorful heritage ...

Cotonou Port handled 6.7m tons in H1 2025, up 63% year-on-year, despite a slowdown in Q2 activity. • Imports rose 55% to 4.1m tons, while exports nearly doubled to 2.16m tons, boosting trade momentum.

Women represent nearly 50% of business owners in Benin, mainly in trade and crafts. • The DRC selected 20,628 women in 2025 for a micro-entrepreneurship support program. • Benin’s Microcredit Alafia ...

Performances, classes and film will merge for the third annual International Dance Festival New Orleans on Thursday through Sunday at three spots in the Crescent City. The festival, founded in 2023 by ...

Get ready for culture, crafts and cuisine, Tallahassee. Experience Asia Festival is back! After 2024’s cancellation due to a hurricane, this year’s attendees will see a moving performance arranged by ...

Get ready to move more as the 2025 Jamestown Dance Festival is expanding to a four-day event. The Fest is presented by Sukanya Burman Dance, and it’s a celebration of movement, culture, and community ...

The Baltimore Rhythm Festival returned to Guilford Avenue to celebrate African culture with a day of performances, workshops and food. The event is hosted by Jamaal “Black Root” Collier and features ...

Not every film festival kicks off with a performance by a Grammy-nominated Tibetan flautist or ends with a guided meditation on self-compassion led by the only rapper to have performed both at ...

A hometown sports standout of the early 20th century will get his due this weekend as Latrobe celebrates Italian-American heritage and culture. Paul Ciotti, one of the organizers of the fourth annual ...

Lamu is a historic Swahili port town on an island off the northern coast of Kenya. Each year it hosts the famous Lamu Maulidi ...

Performers wearing wooden masks and colourful fabrics danced through Porto-Novo on Sunday to the sound of drums, acting out stories passed down through generations. The festival is closely linked to ...