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مكتبة محمد بن راشد تحتفي باليوم العالمي للغة الهوسا
WAM - 08.27.2024
Mohammed Bin Rashid Library celebrates World Hausa Language Day feat. Lecturer Aliyu Lawal
Zawya - 08.27.2024
مكتبة محمد بن راشد تحتفي بـ «لغة الهوسا» بالكلمة والنغم
Emarat Al Youm - 08.27.2024
Across Five Decades, Gavin Jantjes’s Art Has Tackled Everything from Abstraction to Apartheid
ART News - 08.23.2024
Gavin Jantjes’s Soft Songs From Exile
Hyperallergic - 08.19.2024
This Year’s Venice Biennale Features an Unprecedented Number of African Countries. One Podcaster Went Behind the Scenes
Cultured Magazine - 07.22.2024
A Chronicle of Africa’s Showing at the Venice Biennale
Surface Magazine - 07.11.2024
The Africa Institute Receives Grant for African Cultural Heritage Program
Art Network Africa - 06.17.2024
James Burns participation at The Africa Institute’s Country-focused Season on Africa Indian Ocean rim with mention of Monsoon journal
Clemson Blogs - 06.13.2024
Positioning Telsem in Global Art History with Henok Melkamzer
Contemporary& - 05.26.2024
University of Sharjah Signs MoU With Global Studies University in Sharjah
Unversity of Sharjah - Media - 05.23.2024
Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi ‘honoured’ to lead Biennale of Sydney 2026
The National - 05.16.2024
Hoor Al Qasimi named artistic director of the next Biennale of Sydney
The Art Newspaper - 05.15.2024
متخصصون بمهرجان الشارقة: الأطفال لديهم وعي عالٍ وذكاء لا يجب الاستهانة به
youm7 - 05.4.2024
الشارقة القرائي للطفل : الإرشاد الأسري ضروري لإكساب الوالدين مهارات التربية السليمة
WAM - 05.4.2024
The guns and I didn’t agree’: A photographer’s vision of revolutionary Ghana | Review by Vanessa H. Larson
The Washington Post - 04.24.2024
Henok Melkamzer Garlands an Ancient Ethiopian Tradition
Art Review - 04.12.2024
Meg Arenberg – The Africa Institute Faculty Wins Prestigious Award for Zanzibari Novel Comes Amidst Mounting Criticism of PEN America
BrittlePaper - 04.3.2024
Ghanaian Photographer Gerald Annan-Forson Comes Into Focus with a US Retrospective
Art News - 03.28.2024
Henok Melkamzer: ‘Telsem Symbols and Imagery’ at the Sharjah Art Museum
Selection Arts - 03.25.2024
Encountering Toni Morrison in the Middle East
elephant.art - 03.15.2024
ينظم برنامجاً وجلسات نقاشية ويعرض فيلمين مؤثرين | معهد إفريقيا في الشارقة يحتفي بإرث توني موريسون 28 و29 فبراير
sharjah 24 - 03.14.2024
حول أدب المهجر الأفريقي | معهد أفريقيا في الشارقة يحتفي بإرث “توني موريسون”
sharjah 24 - 03.14.2024
The Africa Institute honours Toni Morrison’s Legacy with a Special Symposium
Pulse 95 FM - 02.27.2024
10 African scholars to watch in 2024
The Africa Report - 01.24.2024
African Countries Need a New Economic Model
World Politics Review - 01.16.2024
In collaboration with The Africa Institute: SAF hosts South African artist-activist Jantjes and emerging photographers
Gulf Today - 01.4.2024
Gavin Jantjes, Sharjah Art Foundation review — fierce artworks defied apartheid’s absurdities
Financial Times - 01.1.2024
2023
Cultural Currents: The Africa Institute’s Exploration of African Islands in Indian Ocean
Contemporary Identities Magazine - 12.20.2023
Observing World Arabic Language Day on December 18, Why is Arabic So Unique? | Interview with Bilal Al-Omar, Senior Lecturer of Arabic at The Africa Institute
Pulse 95 FM - 12.18.2023
Country-Focused Season: The Africa Institute Hosts Colorful Threads | Interview with John Thabiti Willis, Associate Professor of African History at The Africa Institute
Pulse 95 FM - 12.13.2023
South African artist Gavin Jantjes presents over 100 works in Sharjah – Curated by Salah M Hassan, Director, The Africa Institute
Gulf News - 11.22.2023
Are the IMF and World Bank good or bad for Africa?
BBC News - The Africa Daily - Podcast - 10.18.2023
The Africa Institute Faculty Grieve Chelwa at Global finance and climate change – Countdown to COP28
Commonwealth Foundation - 10.5.2023
Sharjah Ruler issues Emiri Decree establishing Global Studies University
Gulf Today - 09.18.2023
25 Must-See Museum Shows Beyond the US to Visit This Fall
ART News - 09.5.2023
Ep# 77 – Professor Christopher J. Lee’s 60s Picks: Battle of Algiers & Black Girl
Cinema60 Podcasts - 08.29.2023
يت الشعر يحتفي بأسماء الحمادي والراعي ولون • أمسية مليئة بالرؤى والتأملات في بيت الشعر بالشارقة
Omder Times - 05.3.2023
برنامج أماسي | معهد إفريقيا بالشارقة.. مؤسسة أكاديمية متعددة التخصصات
Sharjah TV - 01.18.2023
2022
Sharjah conference highlights significance of Indian Ocean in multipolar world
Al Arabiya English - 12.21.2022
Scholars dive into Indian Ocean from The Africa Institute platform
Gulf Today - 12.19.2022
معهد إفريقيا يطلق فعاليات برنامج “موسم دولة” بنسخته الثالثة
Sharjah TV - 12.17.2022
Salah Hassan: ‘country-focused season’ focuses on part of Africa
Sharjah 24 News - 12.15.2022
David Adjaye’s Recent Projects Embrace Artistry and Diversity
Hospitality Design - 12.14.2022
The Africa Institute wins award for their campus design: “Unbuilt—Commercial, Cultural, Civic, Education”
The Architect's Newspaper - 12.14.2022
Conversation about Art with Hoor Al Qasimi, President of The Africa Institute
Heidi Zuckerman Podcast: Conversations about Art - 12.13.2022
Africa Institute announces country-focused season 3 is Indian Ocean
Sharjah 24 News - 12.12.2022
Sharjah hosts workshop on Western Sudan Community Museums project
Gulf Today - 12.11.2022
Sharjah hosts a workshop on the Western Sudan Community Museums Project
Amazing Architecture - 12.11.2022
نظّمها «إيكروم – الشارقة» ورشة عمل حول متاحف غرب السودان
Al Bayan Newspaper - 12.10.2022
Sharjah hosts a workshop on the W. Sudan Comm. Museums Project
Sharjah 24 News - 12.9.2022
The Africa Institute Announces Third Country-Focused Season Covering the Indian Ocean Region
Broadway World - 12.9.2022
الشارقة تستضيف ورشة عمل حول مشروع متاحف غرب السودان
Al Khaleej Newspaper - 12.9.2022
الشارقة تستضيف ورشة عمل حول مشروع متاحف غرب السودان المجتمعية
Al Adabia (Morocco) - 12.9.2022
The Africa Institute Sharjah whips up academic tempest on Indian Ocean
Gulf Today - 12.8.2022
The Africa Institute announces multi-disciplinary meet covering Indian Ocean region
Al Arabiya English - 12.8.2022
Sharjah to host workshop on Western Sudan Community Museums project
Al Arabiya English - 12.7.2022
ورشة عمل حول مشروع متاحف غرب السودان المجتمعية تتضمن الاحتفالية عروض تقديمية وحفل موسيقي فولكلوري ومعرض تفاعلي
Emarat Al Youm - 12.6.2022
معهد إفريقيا يكرم يوسف فضل
Al Khaleej Newspaper - 11.7.2022
Conversations About Art with Salah M. Hassan
Heidi Zuckerman Podcast: Conversations about Art - 11.2.2022
Alla ricerca della «Black Star» dell’Africa (Italian Publication)
Il Giornale dell'arte - 10.24.2022
Kamala Ibrahim Ishag pays tribute to the women of Sudan
The Economist - 10.19.2022
The 9 Must-See Museum Shows During Frieze Week, From Carolee Schneemann’s First U.K. Retrospective to Cecilia Vicuña’s Turbine Hall Installation
Art Net News - 10.11.2022
Four exhibitions to see during Frieze Week
Culture Whisper - 10.11.2022
How to make the most of art season in the capital
Harpers Bazaar - 10.8.2022
Africa’s week in pictures: 30 September – 6 October 2022
BBC News - 10.7.2022
Sudanese artist presented in London’s Serpentine Gallery
Gulf News - 10.7.2022
Kamala Ibrahim Ishag review – memory maps and rumours of djinns from mystical Sudanese painter
The Guardian - 10.7.2022
Africa’s week in pictures: 30 September – 6 October 2022
Yahoo! News - 10.7.2022
Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness at the Serpentine Gallery
The Upcoming - 10.7.2022
Kamala Ibrahim Ishag’s Fluid, Untethered Modernism
Ocula Magazine - 10.5.2022
A Guide to Arts and Culture This October
Art Review - 10.3.2022
Serpentine, SAF with Africa Institute present 1st solo exhibition
Sharjah 24 - 09.27.2022
Artists Kamala Ibrahim Ishag To Debut New Works In London
Broadway World - 09.27.2022
The Extraordinary Life of Ibrahim El-Salahi
Apollo Magazine - International Art Magazine - 09.26.2022
Five Shows to See in the UK this Autumn
Frieze - 09.23.2022
Artist View: The Sudanese Visions of Kamala Ibrahim Ishag
The Guardian - 09.4.2022
The Cultural Calendar: The Sudanese Scene
Country and Town House (UK Magazine) - 09.1.2022
Beyond the Door of No Return: Confronting Hidden Colonial Histories Through Contemporary Art
New Books Network - 08.19.2022
Serpentine to Open Kamala Ishag Exhibition in London in October
500 Words Magazine - 08.16.2022
Chika Okeke-Agulu: Shining the spotlight on a true “son of the soil”, By Toyin Falola
Premium Times Nigeria - 08.3.2022
Africa Institute ‘a nexus for knowledge building’
Al Khaleej - 07.21.2022
Sharjah Art Foundation announces its autumn 2022 programmes
Sharjah 24 - 07.18.2022
A is not for Apple feat. The Africa Institute faculty Prof Binyam Sisay Mendisu
Traces & Dreams Podcast - Education in Africa - 07.17.2022
UAE-based The Africa Institute selects Arcserve’s OneXafe
UAE Digital News - 06.28.2022
Gerald Annan-Forson “Revolution and Image-making in Postcolonial Ghana”
Mousse Magazine - 06.6.2022
Experts On Africa Set To Bring More African Voices Into Global Debates
Africa.com - 06.2.2022
The Africa Institute Sharjah to launch book that pairs love and revolution
Gulf Today - 05.6.2022
Love arts and culture? Here are 4 great reasons to visit Sharjah
Whats On - 04.11.2022
Ghana: The power of art to safeguard history and change the future
The Africa Report - 04.8.2022
Ruler of Sharjah: Africa contains a great cultural and heritage heritage (Arabic)
Al Bayan Newspaper - 03.25.2022
Sharjah: Contemporary artists present their solo work at major art exhibition
Khaleej Times - 03.25.2022
The 2022 March Meeting Contends with Global Decolonisation
Ocula Magazine - 03.23.2022
Newly Published, From a Vermont Sanctuary to Chicago’s Spoken Word
The New York Times - 03.16.2022
A new generation of African designers, defined by their cross-culturalism, is here to stay
Architectural Digest - 03.10.2022
The 8 Best Booths at Art Dubai
ART News - 03.9.2022
Global Ghana Conference
Contemporary And (C&) - 03.8.2022
El Anatsui’s ‘Shard Song’ solo to launch Efie Gallery’s Dubai space
Gulf Today - 02.10.2022
Sir David Adjaye announced as inaugural recipient of the Charlotte Perriand Award
Stir World - 02.10.2022
February Book Bag: from Bernini ‘cementing his position as Baroque Rome’s dominant artist’ to a compendium of what makes artists tick
The Art Newspaper - 02.8.2022
SAF March Meeting and Spring 2022 Exhibitions
Al Bawaba - 01.20.2022
2021
The Africa Institute Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship 2022 for creative writers
Daily News Reporters - 12.17.2021
Activities of the Africa Institute in Sharjah (Arabic)
Sharjah TV - 10.30.2021
Adjaye Associates designs monolithic campus for The Africa Institute in Sharjah
Dezeen - 08.12.2021
The Africa Institute’s Global Ghana brings the Black Star nation into focus
Gulf Today - 08.10.2021
Adjaye Associates reveals The Africa Institute campus building in Sharjah
Identity - 08.2.2021
Adjaye Associates unveils design for the new Africa Institute campus in Sharjah
Archinect - 07.28.2021
Adjaye Associates Reveals Design For Red-Pigmented Africa Institute Campus In Sharjah
World Architecture - 07.28.2021
Adjaye Associates unveils a tiered citadel concept for The Africa Institute in Sharjah
Stir World - 07.27.2021
Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye unveils designs for Sharjah’s Africa Institute new campus
Commercial Interior Design - 07.23.2021
Design for Sharjah’s Africa Institute new campus unveiled
The National Newspaper - 07.22.2021
Adjaye Associates reveals design for Africa Institute campus in Sharjah, UAE
The Architect's Newspaper - 07.21.2021
Adjaye Associates Unveils Rusty-Red Campus for The Africa Institute in Sharjah
Architectural Record - 07.20.2021
Sharjah Art Institute and Africa Institute host the premiere of “White Cube” (Arabic)
Al Bayan Newspaper - 04.11.2021
March Meeting 2021: Sharjah Art Foundation reveals curators and artists set to appear
The National Newspaper - 01.22.2021
Sharjah Art Foundation Examines Future of Biennial Model Through March Meeting 2021
Broadway World - 01.21.2021
2020
Covid-19 Force Cultural Institutions To Rethink Visitor Participation
Eye of Riyadh - 10.16.2020
This Artwork Changed My Life: Aïda Muluneh’s “Knowing The Way To Tomorrow”
Artsy - 09.15.2020
Top Creative Minds: 25 Thought Leaders on the Esteemed A+Firm Awards Jury
Architizer - 08.11.2020
Editors’ Picks: 7 Events for Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week, From an Online Tony Cokes Premiere to Asia Week New York’s Summer Redux
Art Net News - 07.20.2020
Stream free films with The Africa Institute and Sharjah Art Foundation
Gulf News - 07.19.2020
10 Life Lessons to Learn from Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi
Vogue Arabia - 02.26.2020
2019
Sharjah’s Africa Institute to delve into Ethiopia’s rich history with new cultural programme
The National Newspaper - 10.15.2019
The Africa Institute organizes the research season “Ethiopia: A Modern Nation – Ancient Roots” (Arabic)
Sharjah TV - 10.13.2019
The Africa Institute launches its first academic and cultural season (Arabic)
Sharjah TV - 10.13.2019
The Africa Institute launches its first academic and cultural season on October 11 (Arabic)
Al Ittihad Newspaper - 10.9.2019
The Africa Institute organizes the research season “Ethiopia: A Modern Nation – Ancient Roots (Arabic)
Al Youm Newspaper - 09.19.2019
The Africa Institute organizes a global conference entitled “Africa from a Global Perspective” (Arabic)
Sharjah TV - 03.12.2019
“Global Africa: African and African Diaspora Studies in the 21st Century” international conference
E-flux Education - 02.21.2019
2018
Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi Gives Us The Lowdown On African Art In Sharjah
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia - 12.23.2018
The Africa Institute organizes musical and cinematic performances at the Africa Hall (Arabic)
Sharjah TV - 10.1.2018
Sultan Al Qasimi praises the role of art in the development of the Africa Institute (Arabic)
Sharjah 24 News - 09.26.2018
Africa Institute Project and Africa Hall (Arabic)
Ishraqat Engineering Magazine - 09.25.2018
Africa Hall returns with a new look and memory of the golden era in Sharjah (Arabic)
Emarat Al Youm - 09.19.2018
Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates the oldest cultural platform in Sharjah after its development (Arabic)
Ahram - 09.18.2018
Sultan inaugurates Africa Hall in Sharjah 25th September (Arabic)
Al Khaleej Newspaper - 09.18.2018
The Africa Institute Opens in Sharjah
Contemporary And (C&) - 09.17.2018
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah issues a decree establishing and organizing the Africa Institute (Arabic)
Sharjah TV - 06.7.2018
Sharjah Ruler sets up African Institute
Gulf News - 06.6.2018