By Lisa Vives, Global Information News NEW YORK (IDN) — Rooted in healing rituals and Sufism, the hypnotic sounds of Gnawa music have attracted artists and musicians of all stripes—from Jazz Age poet Claude McKay to Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and the legendary Randy Weston. Dar Gnawa—or Gnawa House—is a one-of-a kind three-story Moorish-style building […]
Russia Decides to Join UNESCO-Led Program for Free and Pluralistic Media in Developing Countries
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW (IDN) — The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that it would allocate US$1 million to an international program that promotes free media in developing countries over the next five years. The funds will go toward UNESCO’s International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) at US$250,000 per year […]
Documentaries for Development — ESIC Medical College Hyderabad signs MOU with ALCAP
By Niba Mirza* HYDERABAD (IDN) — In the times of COVID-19, the Audiovisual Regional Hub of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Comunicación Audiovisual Parlamentaria, ALCAP, or the Latin American Parliamentary Association of Audio-Visual Communication, signed a MOU with the ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad for joint-movie/documentary productions concerned with the pandemic and other global public health issues […]
Western and Central African Countries Need to Empower Youth
By Ekua Nuama Bentil, Yoko Nagashima, Himdat Bayusuf, Jamil Salmi, Assane Dieng & Venkatesh Sundararaman* WASHINGON, D.C. (IDN) — The Western and Central Africa (WCA) region is home to an estimated half a billion people and more than 40% of the population is under the age of 15, as shown by the data from the […]
Urgent Need for Youth Empowerment in Western and Central African Countries
Viewpoint by Ekua Nuama Bentil, Yoko Nagashima, Himdat Bayusuf, Jamil Salmi, Assane Dieng & Venkatesh Sundararaman* WASHINGON, D.C. (IDN) — The Western and Central Africa (WCA) region is home to an estimated half a billion people and more than 40% of the population is under the age of 15, as shown by the data from […]
ALCAP Ventures into Sri Lanka for Joint Movie Production
By Niba Mirza* COLOMBO (IDN) — Sri Lanka which from time immemorial is linked to South America through the Indian Ocean is now also connected through Joint Movie/ Documentary co-production and audiovisual exchange. The Asociación Latinoamericana de Comunicación Audiovisual Parlamentaria, ALCAP, or the Latin American Parliamentary Association of Audiovisual Communication, signed a MOU with TTV […]
Free Online Learning Courses from A German Platform in Demand Worldwide
By Hans-Joachim Allgaier POTSDAM, Germany (IDN) — A German learning portal that provides free basic digitization knowledge in several languages to Internet users around the world is heading for its one-millionth enrolment. German science patron, Prof. Hasso Plattner, co-founder of the software company SAP and founder of the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, is […]
Education Is the Key to Unlock the Door to Freedom
By Professor Ellen Hernandez* The article below explores the importance of education and literacy in the U.S. and Morocco in informing citizens of their rights. COLLINGSWOOD, USA (IDN) — On June 19, 2021, Americans officially recognized “Juneteenth” as a national holiday. Most Americans understand the holiday to be a celebration of the end of slavery […]
Mixed Feelings in Kenya’s Pumwani Slums as Schools Open
By Francis Kinyua* NAIROBI (IDN) – After being closed for nine months, schools in Kenya reopened to start a new term and resume the school year that was disrupted in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the morning of January 4, the streets were swarmed with elated children wearing colourful uniforms marching […]
Of Joyce, Univ. College Dublin and Sustainable Development
By Ramu Damodaran The writer is Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), an initiative that aligns institutions of higher education with the UN. The following article was published on the UNAI website. NEW YORK (IDN) – An old college friend, Pramesh Ratnakar, shared with me William Butler Yeats’s recollection of his first meeting, […]