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From leper colony to legend: The troubadour of Equatorial Guinea

Eyí Moan Ndong, Equatorial Guinea’s last great troubadour, fused myth, humour and retro-futurism in his epic mvet performances, keeping whole villages rapt until dawn. His fragile legacy now awaits preservation,...

Curtains on risk: Italy’s public theatre faces cuts and conformity

Italy’s summer theatre season should be a celebration, but this year it’s overshadowed by cuts that punish risk and reward conformity. Graziano Graziani reveals how public theatre is being steered...

Vanishing words, vanishing worlds

How climate change erodes languages alongside landscapes In a report we came across in Agência Pública, journalist Julia Webster Ayuso (republished from Noema Magazine) investigates how climate change is not only devastating...

What 10-year-olds see on their phones

From hypnotic sludge videos to violent clips and beauty tutorials, Dutch children’s social media feeds reveal how algorithm-driven content is shaping their attention, self-image and emotional world de Volkskrant sent reporters...

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