Sierra Leone war inspires arts world
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Ducking into a Starbucks for a caffeine fix could lead you to a harrowing tale of child soldiery in the tangled jungles of Sierra Leone.
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Al-Madinah Theater was supposed to show art films this summer. Instead it has become a home to scores of refugees, and a cultural oasis where their children can act, draw and watch movies.
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Services to remember the dead of two world wars and other conflicts are held across Northern Ireland.
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Journey to Sierra Leone to see the deadly effects of "blood diamonds," stones harvested illegally to fund wars and campaigns of terror.
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A contemporary art exhibition marking the bicentenary of the outlawing of the British slave trade has opened in London, part of a season of such events throughout the country.
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The South African composer Philip Millerâs piece, REwind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony,â includes the voices of victims, resistance fighters and government oppressors.
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War-ravaged Sierra Leone's peaceful transfer of power through the ballot box bodes well for a continent that has struggled against repression and conflict for half a century.
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Performances capture the spirit of South Africa 10 years after apartheid's end.
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The museum aims to insert peace into a culture that glorifies martyrdom.
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A vital bridge linking Sierra Leone with Liberia - both recovering from civil wars - is officially re-opening.
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Two Danish artists travelling the world's hotspots from Baghdad to Serbia to poke fun at conflict slapped stickers with ironic messages across the Sri Lankan capital on Monday -- but the joke was lost on residents.
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Arts & entertainment: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's domestic epic of the Biafra war, Half of a Yellow Sun, has won this year's Orange Broadband prize for fiction.
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BEACH REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Palestinian painter Fayez al-Hasni is in a situation most artists would envy. At 52, he has launched a genre that has brought him fame and fortune.
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The thriving art world has something to teach the classical music world.
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Wagari Maathai, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, has long fought&#151;and sometimes suffered&#151;to protect the environment and human rights in Africa. A journalist recalls an encounter with the Kenyan 13 years ago.
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There's a war brewing in the music world. And it's a war that can only do good.
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Pop culture, society's meeting ground, has the privilege of playing a starring role in its conflicts.