Senegal

'Start by lighting a candle every morning.’ In other words, pray. That’s the advice on one social media platform to those looking for a rented property in the Netherlands. The pressure on housing is immense: an estimated shortage of 400,000 homes. It was the number one issue in t ...  Show more

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, TB is humanity’s oldest contagious disease. It has become something of an afterthought in rich nations, but remains the world’s most deadly infectious disease. In 2024 it killed more than 1.2 million people.South Africa has one of ...  Show more

The name Highlife is thought to have been coined in the early 20th Century when people on the streets outside clubs reserved for the Gold Coast elite observed the elegant clothes and dancing of the customers inside. Dance band Highlife is just one element of the music which has s ...  Show more

Aishah, RD and Prem do some research on some lesser know countries who are stealing the ball at the World Cup! Today - Senegal! 

Fela Kuti was a musician and activist who pioneered the jazzy, uniquely West African genre of Afrobeat. His musical testing ground, political pulpit and spiritual home was a nightclub he created in Lagos, The Afrika Shrine. A venue at the heart of his community that would welcome ...  Show more

Le tout premier Festival des chants s’est déroulé il y a 100 ans en Lituanie et depuis cette tradition de réunir des milliers de choristes sur une scène ne s’est pas perdue. Ces célébrations des chants et danses baltes sont même inscrites depuis 2008 sur la liste du patrimoine mo ...  Show more