Happy Tuesday everyone, and welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! I have some personal news. Aside from Cultural Reads, I’ve been working at Lendahand for the last 4 years. It’s a crowdfunding platform that offers loans to social impact companies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In October, I will change to Rabo Carbon Bank to work with Brazilian farmers on…
Wilfred Okiche is one of the most influential Nigerian film critics. He’s worked for The Continent, The Africa Report, The Filmkrant, IndieWire, and RottenTomatoes. He also participated in critic academies in Lagos, Durban, Rotterdam, and Stockholm. If you want to learn about the best Nigerian movies and artists, this is your chance! Wilfred and I…
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. For previous newsletter editions, check out the archive. In this week’s newsletter: Surinam, Cape Verde, Peru, Mali, tools for self-development, how to read more, and Mitochondrial Eve. 📖 Are You Tired…
Do you ever wonder what happened to your reading habits? Where do people find the time for it? I loved reading as a kid but stopped when I got older. I guess work, studies, and Netflix got in the way. When I did an exchange in Spain several years ago, I decided it was time…
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. For previous newsletter editions, check out the archive. In this week’s newsletter: Nicaragua, Brazil, Arabia, Sweden & Taiwan. 🎤 How To Surge Nicaragua’s Cultural Space (Nicaragua) Gabriel Traversari spent 20 years as a TV…
It’s 4 pm, and I’m standing at Mexico City’s airport. I’m carrying a black backpack, Dutch stroopwafels, and my newly acquired Jipijapa hat (a local hat that ironically accentuates the fact that I’m not a local). I’m about to travel to Nicaragua, but the lady at the counter is telling me otherwise. It turns out…
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads newsletter, a bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. You can find all editions of the newsletter in the archive. In this week’s newsletter: India, Mongolia, Spain & Uzbekistan 🎙️ Magnolian (Mongolia) Magnolian is the second most popular Mongolian artist after…
Happy Tuesday All, And welcome to the Cultural Reads Newsletter! A bi-weekly book, music, and movie recommendation from different countries all around the world. In this week’s newsletter: Music from Portugal, Greenland & Senegal, a Brazilian movie, an African book, and culture from Indonesia and Japan. 🎙️ How To Know And Feel Fado Music | Sara…
Sara always thought Fado was for older people. She didn’t know why, but it felt like the type of music your grandparents would play, not the youth. When she turned 15, Sara and her brother got an mp3 player. Her brother was in charge of the music and, alongside Beyonce and Rihanna, added some Amalia…
How much do you know about Africa? And more importantly, where do you get your news? The African Continent is home to almost 1.4 billion people, yet most people know little about what’s happening. Furthermore, most of the information they read comes from Western media outlets. If you’re interested in what’s happening on the Continent,…