Study of the arts cannot claim to be essential to democracy or economic success but it is the intrinsic value of the arts that keeps us coming back.
Françoise Lionnet, an authority on languages and literature in the Indian Ocean islands, about her work on creolisation, globalisation and culture.
As the debate rages on about the commercialisation of Heritage Day, in the absence of a better suggestion Faranaaz Parker sticks with the chops.
The ‘patriotic’ culture war being waged by the government may force the closure of one of Hungary’s leading arts academies
We can cherish our cultural identities, but we can’t let politicians exploit small-scale cultural values, writes Chris Mann.
It’s that time of year when we remember our heritage and celebrate our cultural diversity. For the Pimples, it’s about letting it all hang out. Watch the video.
Debates around cultural practices like lobola will always become a spectacle if they don’t address its relevance to the people who practise it.
Using art as a nation-building tool? South Africans first need to address the way they speak to one another, argues Mpho Moshe Matheolane.
Would life be better lived as a person than as a woman, a black person or as any other classification?
The Qatar Football Association has said Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup fairly and squarely and not by corrupt methods.
For the uninitiated, firewalking is an overwhelming visual and spiritual experience.
A community of Rastafarians in Soweto struggles to get the message of its faith through to its neighbours, writes <b>Ayanda Sitole</b>.
Conservationists suspect political interference after muti man’s trial is thrown out of court.
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/ 16 November 2010
Unesco declares French cuisine to be a world tangible heritage, creating the first gastronomy entry into the list.
I had two very different ideas of romantic affection drilled into me, with my Indian parents and Western home, writes <b>Ilham Rawoot</b>.
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/ 6 November 2009
Food makes mother-tongue speakers of us all and memoirs about food, family and homeland allow privileged glimpses into other cultures.
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/ 12 October 2007
It is an intriguing image. Shot among the birch trees and snow of a Siberian forest, two policemen kiss each other passionately on the lips. They hold and possibly caress each other’s buttocks. But the work by a Russian art collective has proved too much for Russia’s Culture Minister, Alexander Sokolov.