The Cultural List

This blog started with a list—a list containing books, movies, and music from countries all around the world. The recommendations are divided into 5 continents and include links – highlighted in orange – to more detailed blog posts. It will be updated regularly, so if you have any tips you want to be included, please share them!

Table of Contents

• Africa
• Europe
• Asia
• Americas
• Oceania

Africa

• Angola
  • Books: Ondjaki Good Morning Comrades, The Whistler, José Eduardo Agualusa The Book of Chameleons
  • Music: Bonga, Waldemar Bastos, Titica, Paulo Flores, Don Kikas, Anselmo Ralph, Teta Lando, Rui Mingas, Yola Araújo, Dog Murras
• Algeria
  • Books: Maïssa Bey Do You Hear in the Mountains, Assia Djebar Algerian White, Children of the New World, Ahlam Mosteghanemi Memory in the Flesh, Chaos of the Senses, Zahia Rahmani Muslim, Nina Bouraoui All Men Want to Know
  • Music: Souad Massi
• Benin
  • Books: Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr Stories We Tell Each Other, Omo N’Oba Erediauwa I Remain, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, Angelique Kidjo Spirit Rising
  • Music: Shirazee, Angélique Kidjo
• Botswana
  • Books: Bessie Head Maru
• Burkina Faso
  • Music: Victor Démé
• Burundi
  • Books: Gaël Faye Petit Pays
• Cabo Verde
  • Books: Germano Almeida The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo, Dina Salústio The Madwoman of Serrano
  • Music: Cordas de Sol, Cesaria Evora, Sara Tavares, Mayra Andrade, Nelson Freitas, Elida Almeida
• Cameroon 
  • Books: Mongo Beti Mission to Kala, Patrice Nganang Dog Days, Ferdinand Oyono Houseboy, Imbolo Mbue Behold the Dreamers
  • Music: Petit Pays, Richard Bona, Manu Dibango, Blick Bassy, Vagabon
• Congo:
  • Books: Alain Mabanckou Broken Glass
• Congo DRC
  • Books: Fiston Mwanza Mujila Tram 83, Sandra Uwiringiyimana How Dare the Sun Rise
  • Film: Stop Filming Us
  • Music: Koffi Olomide, Papa Wemba, Kanda Bongo Man, Lous and The Yakuza, Lokua Kanza
• Djibouti
  • Books: Abdourahman A Waberi Passage of Tears
  • Music: Groupe RDT
• Egypt
  • Music: Abdel Halim Hafez, Amr Diab, Mohamed Adaweya, Hamza Namira, Tamer Hosny, Umm Kulthum, Wegz, Abo Youssef, Marawan Pablo, Carmen Soliman
  • Books: Naguib Mahfouz The Quarter, Taha Hussein, Nawal el Saadawi Woman at Point Zero
  • Film: Sorry for the Disturbance, Tito, Black Honey, The Blue Elephant 1 & 2, Congratulations (Ahmed Helmy), Great Bean China, Ramadan Mabruak Abo Alamein Hamouda, Amir el Behar, Zaky Chan, Keda Reda, Bolbol Hayran
• Ethiopia
  • Books: Hadis Alemayehu Fikir Eskemekabr, Bealu Girma Oromay, Yismake Works Dertogada, Adam Reta Giracha Kachiloch, Maaza Mengiste The Shadow King, Dinaw Mengestu The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
  • Film: Teza, Yewendoch guday
  • Music: Aster Aweke, Mulatu Astatke, Ejigayehu Shibabaw, Eyob Mekonnen, Éthiopiques, Dawit Chernet, Kassmase, Teddy Afro
• Gambia
  • Music: Sona Jobarteh
• Ghana
  • Books: Yaa Gyasi Homegoing, Ama Ata No Sweetness Here and Other Stories, Ayi Kwei Armah The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, Efua Sutherland
  • Music: Ebo Taylor, Shatta Wale, Osibisa, Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy
• Guinea
  • Books: Camara Laye The African Child (L’Enfant noir), The Radiance of the King
  • Music: Guinea Music All Stars
• Guinea Bissau
  • Books: Abdulai Sila The Ultimate Tragedy
  • Music: Binhan, Super Mama Djombo
• Ivory Coast
  • Books: Marguerite Abouet, Ahmadou Kourouma Allah is not Obliged
• Kenya
  • Books: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Dreams in a time of war, Weep Not Child, Meja Mwangi Kill me Quick, Going Down River Road, Francis Imbuga Betrayal in the City, Binyavanga Wainaina One Day I Will Write About This Place, How to Write About Africa, Peter Kimani Dance of the Jakaranda, Grace Ogot The Promised Land, Wanjiru Koinange Havoc of Choice, Ciku Kimeria Dance of the Monkeys, Grace Ogot The Other Woman
  • Film: Rafiki (2018) ; Nairobi Half Life (2012), I Am Samuel, Softie
  • Music: Sauti Sol, Eric Wainaina, Christine Kamau, Khaligraph Jones, Idd Aziz, Les Wanyika, Joseph Kamaru, Issa Juma, Muigai Wa Njoroge,
• Lesotho
  • Books: Thomas Mofolo Chaka
  • Film: This is not a burial it’s a resurrection
• Liberia
  • Books: Helene Cooper The House at Sugar Beach
• Libya
  • Books: Ibrahim al-Koni The Bleeding of the Stone, Hisham Matar In The Country of Men
  • Music: Ahmed Fakroun
• Madagascar
  • Books: Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Claude Simon The Palace, Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato Felana
• Malawi
  • Books: Legson Kayira I Will Try, William Kamkwamba (&Bryan Mealer) The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind 
  • Music: Gasper Nali
• Mali 
  • Books: Amadou Hampaté Bâ Kaïdara: Récit Initiatique Peul
  • Film: Timbuktu, Mali Blues 
  • Music: Ali Farka Touré, Tinariwen, Salif Keita, Habib Koite, Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyate, Boubacar Traoré, Amadou & Mariam, Oumou Sangarem, Rokia Traore, Afel Bocoum
• Mauritania
  • Books: Mohamedou Ould Slahi Guantánamo Diary
  • Music: Malouma
• Mauritius
  • Books: Nathacha Appanah The Last Brother
• Morocco
  • Books: Tahar Ben Jelloun The Sand Child, Tahar Ben Jelloun Racism Explained to My Daughter
  • Film: Marock, Ali Zaoua, Casanegra, Road to Kabul, Horses of God
  • Music: Sonia Noor, Oum, Hindi Zahra, El Grande Toto, Manal
• Mozambique 
  • Books: Mia Couto Sleepwalking Land
  • Music: Lionel Bastos, Dilon Djindji, Wazimbo, Lizha James, Eyuphuro, Mingas
• Niger
  • Books: Mounkaila Maiga The Epic of Askia Mohammed, Cheryl Olkes In Sorcery’s Shadow, Gavin Weston Harmattan
  • Music: Bombino
• Nigeria
  • Books: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun, Purple Hibiscus, Chinua Achebe When Things Fall Apart, Home and exile, Wole Soyinka Ake, Ben Okri Dangerous love, Ken Saro-wiwa A Month and a Day, Amos Tutuola
  • Film: Lion heart, October 1st, Half of a Yellow Sun, Iyore, The Milkmaid, Eyimofe, 93 Days, Confusion Na Wa
  • Music: Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Brymo, Beautiful Nubia, Burna Boy, Davido (US born), 2Face, Tiwa Savage, Timaya, Wizkid, ASA, Teni, Olamide, P-Square
• Rwanda
  • Books: Immaculée Ilibagiza Left to Tell
• Senegal
  • Books: Mariama Bâ So Long a Letter, Ousmane Sembène God’s Bits of Wood
  • Film: Atlantics
  • Music: Cheikh Lô, Youssou N’Dour, Baaba Maal
• Sierra Leone
  • Books: Ismael Beah A Long Way Gone
  • Music: S.E. Rogie
• Somalia
  • Books: Waris Dirie Desert Flower, Mahmood Gaildon The Yibir of Las Burgabo, Nadifa Mohamed The Orchard of Lost Souls, Black Mamba Boy, Shugri Said Salh The Last Nomad
  • Music: K’Naan, Aar Maanta, Hassan Aden Samatar, Waaberi,
• South Africa
  • Books: John Maxwell Coetzee, Nelson Mandela The Long Walk to Freedom, Alan Paton Cry the Beloved Country is Good, Dalene Matthee Circles in the Forest (Kringe in die Bos), Fiela’s Child (Fiela se Kind), Trevor Noah Born a Crime
  • Music: Bongeziwe Mabandla, Brenda Fassie, Gangs of Ballet, Prime Circle, Goldfish, Mathew Mole, The Parlotones, Springbok Nude Girls, Arno Carstens, Die Heuwels Fantasies, Francois van Coke,  Karen Zoid, Cutting Jade, Just Jinjer, Fokofpolisiekar, Zebra and Giraffe, Mafikizolo, The Narrow, aKing, Freshlyground, Locnville, Rubber Duc, 16 Stitches, Tweak, Mean Mr Mustard, Die Antwoord, Jack Parrow, Samthing Soweto, Zoë Modiga
• South Sudan
  • Books: Majok Tulba When Elephants Fight, Dave Eggers & Valentino Achak Deng What is The What 
• Sudan
  • Books: Tayeb Salih Season of Migration to the North
  • Film: You Will Die at 20
• Tanzania
  • Books: Abdulrazak Gurnah Paradise
  • Music: Issa Juma
• Togo
  • Books: Tete-Michel Kpomassie An African in Greenland
• Tunisia 
  • Books: Albert Memmi Pillar of Salt
  • Film: As I open my eyes
  • Music: Anouar Brahem, Emel Mathlouthi
• Uganda
  • Books: Moses Isegawa Abyssinian Chronicles, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Kintu, The First Woman
  • Music: Quex
• Zimbabwe
  • Books: Peter Godwin When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, NoViolet Bulawayo We Need New Names
  • Music: Oliver Mtukudzi, Mokoomba
• Zambia
  • Books: Cowrie of Hope, Wilbur Smith River God
  • Music: Sampa The Great, Witch (Zamrock)

Europe

• Albania 
  • Books: Ismail Kadare The Palace of Dreams, Broken April, The General of the Dead Army, Elvira Dones Sworn Virgin, Dritëro Agolli The Rise and the Fall of Zylo, Njeriu Me Top, Margo Rejmer Mud Sweeter than Honey, Lea Ypi Free
• Armenia
  • Books: William Saroyan My Name is Aram
  • Music: Charles Aznavour, Tigran Hamasyan
• Austria
  • Felix Salten Bambi, a Life in the Woods
• Belgium
  • Books: Pat van Beirs Jonkvrouw, Erwin Mortier Godenslaap, Bart van Loo De Bourgondiërs, Pieter Aspe, Dimitri Verhulst, Dirk Bracke, Tom Lanoye Het Goddelijke Monster, Hugo Matthijssen, Bart Moeyaert, Herman Brusselmans, Louis Paul Boon, Hendrik Conscience De Leeuw van Vlaanderen, Cyriel Buysse, Stijn Streuvels, Georges Prosper Remi The Adventures of Tintin
  • Film: De Helaasheid der Dingen, Daens, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Adem, Borgman, Black, Het Eiland, Willy’s en Marjetten, In de Gloria, Series: Eigen Kweek, In Vlaamse Velden, De Ronde
  • Music: Clouseau, Bazart, Wannes van de Velde, Urbanus, Eddy Wally
• Belarus 
  • Books: Svetlana Alexievich Second-hand time, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Svetlana Aleksievich The Unwomanly Face of War
  • Film: Come and See
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Books: Ivo Andric The Bridge on the Drina, Travnicka Hronika, Miljenko Jergovic Sarajevo Malboro, Abdulah Sidran Kuduz, Aleksandar Hemon The Book of my Lives, Love and Obstacles, Dario Dzamonja Ako Ti Jave da Sam Pao, Mesa Selimovic The fortress, Death and the Dervish, Nura Bazdulj Hubijar Amanet, Karim Zaimovic The Secret Of Raspberry Jam, Bekim Sejranovic From Nowhere to Nowhere, Tvoj sin Huckleberry Finn, Martina Mlinarevic Sopta Bukača, Mak Dizdar Stone Sleeper, Aleksa Santic (Poems), Branko Copic (Children’s Books) Eagles Fly Early, Hedgehogs’ Home 
  • Film: A Little Bit of Soul, No Man’s Land, Days and Hours, Fuse, Grbavica, Quo Vadis, Aida?, Do you Remember Dolly Bell, When Father Was Away on Business, Summer in the Golden Valley, Walter Defends Sarajevo, Scream for me Sarajevo 
  • Music: Goran Bregović, Zdravko Colic, Dino Merlin, Jadranka Stojakovic,Indexi, Kemal Monteno, Zabranjeno Pusenje, Valentino, Plavi Orkestar, Adi Lukovac, Hari Mata Hari, Edo Majka, Elvis J. Kurtovic, Dubioza Kolektiv, Zoster, Letu Stuke, Skroz, Silvana Armenulic, Safet Isovic, Andjelija Milic, Nada Mamula, Hanka Paldum, Halid Beslic, Haris Dzinovic, Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Amira Medunjanin, Bozo Vreco, Damir Imamovic, Vanja Muhovic & Divanhana, Kultur Shock, Crvena Jabuka, Bijelo Dugme, Zeljko Bebek
• Bulgaria
  • Books: Ivan Vazov Under the Yoke
• Croatia
  • Books: Miroslav Krleža Croatian God Mars
  • Music: Prljavo Kazaliste
• Czech Republic
  • Books: Bohumil Hrabal Too Loud a Solitude, Švejk Jaroslav Hašek The Good Soldier
• Croatia
  • Books: Miroslav Krleža The Return of Philip Latinowicz, Bojana Meandžija Run! Don’t wait for me!, On the Edge of Reason, Ranko Marinković Kiklop 
  • Music: Parni Valjak
• Denmark
  • Books: Bjarne Reuter Løgnhalsen fra Umbrien, Brent Haller Lille Lucifer, Hans Christian Andersen Andersen’s Fairy Tales
  • Film: Flickering Lights (Blinkende Lygter), Riget (Lars von trier), Pusher, any Dogma 95 movie, Druk
  • Music: Kim Larsen, Anne Linnet, Steppeulvene, Lis Sørensen, D-A-D, Mew, Shu-bi-dua, Minds of 99
• England
  • Books: Lewis Carrol Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  • Music: Whilk & Misky, The Cure, Oasis, Kokoroko
• Estonia
  • Books: Jaan Kross The Czar’s Madman
  • Music: Jaak Joala
• Finland
  • Books: Väinö Linna Under the North Star, The Unknown Soldier, Mika Waltari The Egyptian, Elias Lönnrot Kalevala
  • Film: The Other Side of Hope, The Man Without a Past
  • Music: Karki, Rauli Badding Somerjoki, Cheek, Behm, Alma, Nightwish, Sunrise Avenue, Jari Sillanpää, Eppu Normaali, Lordi, Ernos
• France
  • Books: Abertus Camus The Stranger, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince
  • Film: La Belle Epoque, Les Miserables, Dans la Maison, Le Daim, La Haine, The Intouchables
  • Music: Pomme, Feu! Chatterton
• Germany
  • Books: Brecht, Herman Hesse Siddhartha, Micheal Ende Momo & Die unendliche Geschichte, Marc Uwe Kling Die Känguru-Chroniken, Patrick Süskind Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by
  • Film: Victoria, Dark (Series)
  • Music: AnnenMayKantereit
• Georgia
  • Books: Shota Rustaveli The Lord of the Panther-Skin
• Greece
  • Books: Nikos Kazantzakis Christ Recrucified, Freedom or Death, The Last Temptation of Christ, Zorba the Greek, Pinelopi Delta Trelantonis, Menelaos Lountemis A child counts the stars, Vikentios Kornaros Erotokritos, Odysseus Elytis Le Monogramme, Aristophanes Lysistrata, Chronis Missios Smile, what are they asking you for?, M. Karagatsis The Great Chimera, Alexandros Papadiamantis The Murderess, Costas Taksis The Third Wedding, Plato The Apology of Socrates, Homer The Iliad, The Odyssey, Euripides Medea, Sophocles Antigone
  • Film: A Touch of Spice, Brides (Pantelis Voulgaris), Cheap Smokes, Crying Silicon Tears, Dogtooth, Little England, Miss Violence, Never on Sunday, Rembetiko, Stella, Stratos, Strella /A Woman’s Way, Suntan, Sweet Bunch, The Other Me, The Red Lanterns, The Travelling Players, Zorba the Greek, Worlds Apart
  • Music: Anna Vissi, Antonis Remos, Arleta, Despina Vandi, Dimitris Mitropanos, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Eleni Foureira, Glykeria, Grigoris Bithikotsis, Haris Alexiou, Helena Paparizou, K.Bhta, Katy Garbi, Lavrentis Machairitsas, Manolis Chiotis, Marinella, Natassa Theodoridou, Nikolas Asimos, Nikos Xilouris, Phoebus Delivorias, Roza Eskenazi, Sakis Rouvas, Sokratis Malamas, Sotiria Bellou, Stelios Kazantzidis, Tamta, Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Vasilis Karras, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Vassilis Tsitsanis, Vicky Moscholiou, Yannis Charoulis, Yannis Kotsiras, Yannis Poulopoulos, Yorgos Dalaras, Yorgos Mazonakis
• Greenland
  • Film: Palo’s wedding
  • Music: Nanook, Ole Kristiansen, Rockstones, Kimmernaq, TIU
• Hungary
  • Books: Albert-László Barabási The Formula, Imre Kertész Fatelessness, Krasznahorkai László Sátántangó, Jókai Mór The Man With the Golden Touch, Molnár Ferenc The Paul Street Boys, Szerb Antal Journey by Moonlight, Márai Sándor Embers, Szabó Magda The Door, Imre Madách The Tragedy of Man
  • Film: Kontroll, Saul Fia, The Witness (A Tanú), Sátántangó, The Stationmaster Meets His Match, Glass Tiger
  • Music: Locomotiv GT, Quimby, Omega, Ladánybene 27
• Iceland
  • Books: The Sagas of Icelanders, Halldór Laxness Salka Valka
  • Music: Of Monsters and Men, Kaleo, Ingó Veðurguð
• Italy
  • Books: Paolo Giordano solitude of prime numbers, Paolo Cognetti The Eight Mountains, Primo Levi If This Is a Man, Italo Calvino The Invisible Knight, Carlo Levi Christ Stopped at Eboli, Oriana Fallaci, Gabriele D’annunzio, Edmondo de Amicis Heart, Niccolo Ammaniti, Pierpaolo Pasolini, Italo Svevo, Tiziano Terzani, Elena Ferrante, Dino Buzzati
  • Film:  La Grande Belleza, Loro, Benvenuti al sud, Gomorra, l’Amica Geniale (series), La Dolce Vita (Fellini), Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, La Vita è Bella, Così è la Vita, Lo Non Ho Paura, La Meglio Gioventù
  • Music: Andrea Bocelli, Pavarotti, Lucio Dalla, Pino Daniele, Vinicio Capossela, Rino Gaetano, Rino Gaetano, Zucchero, 99 Posse, Fabri Fibra, Franco Battiato, Cesare Cremonini, Vasco Rossi, Giorgia, Elisa, Verdena, Subsonica, Meganoidi, Paolo Fresu, Antonello Venditti, Fabrizio de André, Riccardo Cocciante, Donatella Rettore, Eiffel 65, Gabri Ponte, Mina, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Puccini, Gianluca Grignani, Tiziano Ferro, Uto Ughi!, Adriano Celentano, Edoardo Bennat, Gazelle, Renato Sellani
• Ireland
  • Books: John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• Kosovo
  • Film: Shok, Martesa (the marriage), Zana, Cold November, Hive
• Latvia
  • Books: Rainis Fire and Night, Nora Ikstena Soviet Milk, Imants Ziedonis Epiphanies
  • Music: Brainstorm, Pienvedēja Piedzīvojumi
• Lithuania
  • Books: Kristijonas Donelaitis The Seasons
• Macedonia
  • Books: Kočo Racin White Dawns
  • Film: Honeyland
  • Music: Tose Proeski, Karolina Goceva
• Malta
  • Books: Dun Karm Dun Karm, Poet of Malta
• Moldova
  • Books: Tatiana Țîbuleac, Ion Drutsa, Paul Goma Ostinato
  • Film: Wedding in Bessarabia, The Craftsman of taste 
  • Music: Carla’s Dreams, Irina Rimes, The Motans, Zdob si Zdub, Valeria Stoica, Vanotek, Lidia Isac, Via Daca, Cristi Aldea Teodorovici, Andrew Rayel, Alternosfera, Maria Biesu, Valentina Nafornita
• Montenegro
  • Books: Petar II Petrović-Njegoš The Mountain Wreath
• Netherlands 
  • Books: Harry Mulisch The Assault, The Discovery of Heaven, Bernlef Blokken, WF Hermans The Darkroom of Damocles, Kader Abdolah The House of the Mosque
  • Film: Zwartboek, Turks Fruit, De Ontdekking van de Hemel, Borgman, Sneider vs. Bax
  • Music: BLOF, Jeugd van tegenwoordig, Maarten van Roozendael, André Hazes, Racoon, Mr. Probz, Afrojack, Tiesto, Armin van Buren, Martin Garrix, Oliver Heldens, Krezip, Golden Earring, Herman Brood, De Dijk
• Norway
  • Books: Jo Nesbo The Snowman, Thor Heyerdahl The Kon-Tiki Expedition
• Poland
  • Books: Olga Tokarczuk, Stanislaw Lem, Henryk Sienkiewicz Quo Vadis
  • Music: Agnieszka Osiecka, Brodka, Natalia Przybysz, Sanah, Kayah & Bregovic, Anna Maria Jopek, Artur Rojek
• Portugal
  • Books: Miguel Sousa Tavares Equador, Rio das Flores, José Rodrigues dos Santos, José Saramago Blindness, Ricardo Reis O ano da Morte, Fernando Pessoa Livro do Desassossego, Eça de Queirós Os Maias, Vitorino Nemésio Mau Tempo no Canal, Agustina Bessa-Luis A Sibila, Miguel Torga A Criação do Mundo, Padre António Vieira Sermões  
  • Film: Listen
  • Music: Xutos & Pontapés, Rui Veloso, António Zambujo, Miguel Araújo, Amália Rodrigues, Ana Moura, Mariza, Camané
• Romania
  • Books: Eugen Chirovici The Book of Mirrors
• Serbia
  • Books: Ivo Andric The Bridge on the Drina (Na Drini Cuprija), Srdjan Valjarevic Lake Como, Milorad Pavić Dictionary of the Khazars
  • Film: Wounded Eagle (Ranjeni Orao), Ustav Republike Hrvatske, Balkan Shadows (Senke Nad Balkanom), Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Lepa Sela Lepo Gore)
  • Music: Djordje Balasevic, Milos Radovanovic, Marija Šerifović, Bajaga i Instruktori
• Scotland
  • Books: Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island
• Slovakia
  • Books: Tibor Sekelj Kumewawa, the Son of the Jungle
• Slovenia
  • Books: Vitomil Zupan Minuet for Guitar
• Spain 
  • Books: Ildefonso Falcones: Cathedral of the Sea, Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Shadow of the Wind 
  • Film: Pan’s Labyrinth, Donkeyote, Carmen y Lola, Casa de Papel (series), El Gran Hotel (series), Las Chicas del Cable (series), El Hoyo, El Inocente, Contratiempo, Durante la Tormenta, Volver, Celda 211, El Orfanato, Ocho Apellidos Vascos, Los Cronocrímenes
  • Music: Vicente Amigo, Diego el Cigala, Juanito Makandé, Joaquín Sabina, Alejandro Sanz, Bebe, David Bisbal, Delafe y Flores Azules, Dellafuente, Egon Soda, Guitarricadelafuente, Tu Otra Bonita
• Sweden
  • Books: Stieg Larsson the Millennium Trilogy
  • Film: Let The Right One In, A Man Called Ove
  • Music: Tove Lo, Crussen, Jan Johansson
• Switzerland
  • Books: Johanna Spyri Heidi
  • Music: Kadebostany
• Ukraine
  • Books: Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Taras Shevchenko Testament
  • Film: Donbass, Chernobyl
  • Music: Okean Elzy, Kazka
• Wales
  • Books: Ken Follett The Pillars of Earth

Asia

• Afghanistan 
  • Books: Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner; A Thousand Splendid Suns 
• Azerbaijan
  • Books: Qurban Saeed Ali and Nino , Nizami Ganjavi Kamsha
  • Music: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
• Bangladesh
  • Music: Ashes
• Cambodia
  • Books: Loung Ung First They Killed My Father, Somaly Mam The Road of Lost Innocence
• China
  • Books: Luo Guanzhong Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Hua Yu To Live, Lu Xun The True Story of Ah Q
  • Film: Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou), Hero
  • Music: 男孩别哭, Re-TROS, Click#15, 别再问我什么是迪斯科, Jihu, Zhou Shen, 悟空, David Tao, 卷珠帘, Sunny Yang, Hedgehog, Dou Wei, Black Panther, Miserable Faith, 雨夜曼彻斯特, Joyside, 港湾
• Hong Kong
  • Film: Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love, 2046, The Grandmaster
• Israel
  • Books: Etgar Keret Suddenly, a Knock on the Door
  • Music: Omer Avital, Shai Maestro
• India
  • Books: Saadat Hasan Manto, Aravind Adiga White Tiger, Amish The Siva Trilogy, Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake, Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss, Alka Joshi The Hennah Artist
  • Film: 3 Idiots, PK, Swades, Pather Panchali, Kahaani, Dangal, A Wednesday, Lucia
• Indonesia
  • Books: Pramoedya Ananta Toer This Earth of Mankind, Eka Kurniawan Beauty is a Wound, Man Tiger, Andrea Hirata Laskar Pelangi, Edensor, Ahmad Fuadi Negeri 5 Menara , Donny Dhirgantoro 5cm, Ahmad Tohari Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk
  • Film: Serbuan Maut (The Raid), Laskar Pelangi, Kartini (2017), Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017), Arjuna and Her Palate (2018)
  • Music: Deridia, Bottlesmoker, Iwan Fals bento, Sara Fajira lathi, Weird Genius, Chrisye, Dewa 19, Sheila on 7, Admesh 
• Iran
  • Books: Simin Daneshvar Savushun (سووشون), Abbas Maroufi Symphony of The Dead (سمفونی مردگان) , Négar Djavadi Disoriental, Sadegh Hedayat The Blind Owl
  • Film: Taste of Cherry (طعم گیلاس), About Ellie (درباره‌ی الی), Just 6.5, Persepolis, A Separation, The Salesman
  • Music: Farid Farjad, Kayhan Kalhor, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Homayoun Shajarian, Googoosh
• Japan
  • Books: Murakami, [A Wild Sheep Chase (羊をめぐる冒険), Kino’s Journey (キノの旅), HunterxHunter, Children at the Edge of the World(世界の果てのこどもたち）,The Tale of Genji (源氏物語)], Kyūsaku Yumeno Dogra Magra
  • Film: Tampopo, Battle Royale, Spirited Away(千と千尋の神隠し, Princess Monoke, 魔法遣いに大切なこと, Space Brothers (宇宙兄弟), My Girlfriend is Cyborg
  • Music: Shintara Sakamoto, Anzen Chitai, Superfly, The Charm Park, Mr. Children, Hata Motohiro, 情熱大陸 (Taro Hakase), Do As Infinity, Def Tech, Ayaka, CHEMISTRY, Utada Hikaru, YUI, Sukima Switch, Shonen Knife
• Kazakhstan
  • Film: Sea Tomorrow, Nomads, Tomiris, Yelbasy about Nazarbayev, Mynbala Forces, Gift to Stalin, Kazakhs – History of Nationhood, Kazakhstan – 30 years without USSR
• Kyrgyzstan
  • Books: Chinghiz Aitmatov The Place of the Skull, The White Ship, Jamila
• Lebanon
  • Books: Khalil Gibran The Prophet, The Broken Wings, Joumana Haddad I Killed Scheherazade
  • Film: Capharnaüm, West Beirut, Listen, Ghadi, The Insult, Very Big Shot, Under the Bombs, Where Do We Go Now?,  Yalla Aa’belkon Chabeb, Habbet Loulou, Bghamdet Ein
  • Music: Fairuz, The Chehade Brothers, Nancy Ajram, Julia Boutros, Hiba Tawaji, Ziad Bourji, Ziad Rahbani, Marcel Khalife, Najwa Karam, Fares Karam, Wael Kfoury, Assi El Hallani, Marwan Khoury, Melhem Zein
• Malaysia
  • Books: Tan Twan Eng The Garden of Evening Mists, Hanna Alkaf The Weight of Our Sky 
• Mongolia
  • Books: Galsan Tschinag The Blue Sky, Oyungerel Tsedevdamba The green-eyed lama, The Secret History of Mongols
  • Film: Queen Mandukhia the Wise, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, The Story of the Weeping Camel, Genghis khan, Thief of the Mind
  • Music: The Hu, Magnolian, Kiwi, The Colors, Javhlan
• Myanmar
  • Books: Kyi Aye Ms Mee, Khin Khin Htoo Ma Eain Kan, Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay Not out of Hate, Nu Nu Yi Smile As They Bow, Pascal Khoo The From the Land of Green Ghosts, Myanmar Short Stories
• Oman
  • Books: Abdulaziz Al Farsi Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs, Jokha Alharthi Celestial Bodies
• Pakistan
  • Books: Bapsi Sidhwa The Ice-Candy Man, Mohsin Hamid The Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Kamila Shamsie Kartography, Aḥmad Faiẓ Poems
  • Film: Waar, Khuda Ke Liye, Bol, Manto, Cake.
  • Music: Nescafe Basement, Coke Studio, Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Nazia Hassan, Ali Azmat, Ali Zafar
• Philippines
  • Books: Ninotchka Rosca: State of War, José Rizal: Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo, Sionil José: Dusk, Nick Joaquin The Woman Who Had Two Navels, A Question of Heroes, Miguel Syjuco Illustrado, Tess Uriza When the Elephants Dance, Bob Ong Macarthur, Ibong Adarna The Tale of Monkey and Turtle
  • Film: The Kingmaker, Toto, Muro-Ami, Magnifico, Grandpa is Dead, Metro Manila, Heneral Luna, Batch 81, Itim, Kisapmata, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, Norte: Hangganan ng Kasaysayan, Tuhog, Magnifico, Aswang, Mansyon, Amigo (John Sayles), Oro Plata Mata (Peque Gallaga), and Heneral Luna (Jerrold Tarog)
  • Music: Up Dharma Down, Bamboo, Bing Austria, Lea Salonga, Bamboo Mañalac, Rico Blanco, Ben&Ben, Dakila, Joey Ayala (Karaniwang Tao, Walang Hangang Paalam), Buklod (Tatsulok), 
• Russia
  • Books: Fyodor Dostovyesky Crime and Punishment, Leo Tolstoy War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Vladimir Nabokov Lolita, Leonid Solovyov The Beggar in the Harem
  • Film: The Fool (Durak), Leviafan, Loveless (Nelyubov), Citizen K, Leto
  • Music: Viktor Tsoi Kino
• Singapore
  • Books: Leslie Charteris The Saint in New York
• South-Korea
  • Books: Han Kang The Vegetarian, Kim Hyon-hui The Tears of my Soul, Min Jin Lee Pachinko
  • Film: Burning, Parasite, Oldeuboi, The Handmaiden, A Bittersweet Life
• Sri Lanka
  • Books: Shehan Karunatilaka The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Nihal de Silva The Road from Elephant Pass, Michael Ondaatje Anil’s Ghost
• Syria
  • Books: Rafik Schami The Dark Side of Love, Usama ibn Munqidh The Book of Contemplation
  • Film: Bab Elhara, Alhaiba, Nos Yom, Alkawaser, Yomiat Modeer Aam, Ghawar
  • Music: George Wassouf, Nassif Zaytoun, Sabah Fakhri, Shadi Jamil, Asala Nasri
• Tajikistan
  • Books: Andrei Volos Hurramabad, Sadriddin Aini The Sands of Oxus
• Thailand
  • Books: Mantak Chia Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao
  • Music: Bodyslam, Desktop Error, After Blues Moon, Lomosonic
• Timor-Leste
  • Books: Luís Cardoso The Crossing: a Story of East Timor
• Turkey
  • Books: Sabahattin Ali Madonna In A Fur Coat, The Devil Inside, Yusuf of Kuyucak, Orhan Pamuk The Museum Of Innocence, Cevdet Bey And Sons, Istanbul: Memories And The City, My Name Is Red, White Castle, Ahmet Hamdi The Time Regulation Institute, Elif Safak Three Daughters Of Eve’ (2016), The Bastard Of Istanbul, The Flea Palace, The Forty Rules Of Love, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Aziz Nesin Istanbul Boy, Burhan Sönmez Istanbul Istanbul, Sami Paşazade Sezai Sergüzeşt, Yaşar Kemal Ince Memed
  • Film: Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım (The Girl With The Red Scarf), Hababam Sınıfı, Kış Uykusu ( Winter Sleep), Distant, Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, Climates, Herşey Çok Güzel Olacak (Everything’s Gonna Be Great), The Edge Of Heaven, Head-On, Kaybedenler, Kulübü (Losers’ Club), 7.Koğuştaki Mucize, The Breath, Tragic Bus, Uzun Hikaye (Long Story), G.O.R.A, A.R.O.G, Visontele, Vizontele Tuuba, My Father And My Son, Organize Işler, Ayla, Fetih 1453
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
  • Books: Nguyen Nhat Anh Ticket to Childhood, Blue Eyes, The Girl From Yesterday, Nguyen Phong Many Lives Many Times, Nguyen Ngoc Tu Endlose Felder, Thich Nhat Hanh Peace is Every Step, Minh Niem Understanding the Heart, Ho Chi Minh Prison Diary
  • Film: Dreamy eyes, Go-go Sisters, Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass, Teo’s Brother, Blood Moon Party
  • Music: Son Tung, Minh Tuyet, My Tam, Da LAB, Ha Anh Tuan, Pham Quynh Anh, Binz, Ho Ngoc Ha, Dong Nhi, Le Quyen, Ung Hoang Phuc, Noo Phuoc Thinh, Thuy Tien, Toc Tien, Dam Vinh Hung
• United Arab Emirates
  • Film: Mr. Indifferent
  • Book: Deepak Unnikishnan Temporary People, Mohammad al Murr Dubai Tales, Maha Gargash The Sand Fish
• Yemen
  • Books: Wajdi Al-Ahdal A Land Without Jasmine

Americas

• Antigua and Barbuda
  • Books: Jamaica Kincaid Annie John
• Argentina 
  • Books: Ernesto Sábato The Tunnel, Julio Cortázar Rayuela, Jorge Luis Borges The Aleph
  • Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos,  Relatos Salvajes, Un Cuento Chino, El Hijo de la Novia, Nueve Reinas, Truman, Diarios de Motocicleta, El Cuento de la Comadrejas, La Odisea de Los Giles, Robo del Siglo, Bombón: El Perro
  • Music: El Kuelgue, Soda Stéreo (Gustavo Cerati), Luis Alberto Spinetta, Astor Piazzola, Mercedes Sosa, Churupaca, Andrés Calamaro, Los Auténticos Decadentes
• Bahamas
  • Arthur Hailey Hotel
• Barbados
  • George Lamming In the Castle of my Skin
• Bolivia
  • Books: Nataniel Aguirre Juan de la Rosa, Alcides Arguedas Raza de Bronce, Óscar Cerruto Aluvión de Fuego, Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz Los Deshabitados, Carlos Medinacelli La Chaskañawi, Felipe Delgado Visitante Profundo, Jaime Saenz El Frío, Vidas y Muertes, Néstor Taboada Terán Manchay Puytu, Augusto Céspedes Sangre de Mestizos, Edmundo Paz Soldán Río Fugitivo, Adela Zamudio Intimas & Ráfagas, Oscar Alfaro One Hundred Poems for Children
  • Films: Tambien La Lluvia, Mi Socio, Los Hermanos Cartagena, Jonás y la Ballena Rosada, Cementerio de Elefantes, El Día que Murió el Silencio, Quién Mató a la Llamita Blanca, American Visa, Sena/Quina la Inmortalidad del Cangrejo, Los Andes no Creen en Dios, Once upon a Time in Bolivia, Olvidados, Cuestión de Fe, La Bicicleta de los Huanca, Yawar Mallku
  • Music: Los Kjarkas, Juan Enrique Jurado, Azul Azul, Proyección, Loukass, Coda 3, Gilberto Rojas/Enrique Barrientos/Oscar Ortiz, Pedro Shimose, Nilo Soruco, Antares, Maria Juana
• Brazil 
  • Books: Paolo Coehlo: The Alchemist, Jorge Amado, Rubem Fonseca, Hilda Hilst, Moacyr Scliar, Bernardo Carvalho, Adriana Lisboa, José de Alencar Guarani
  • Film: Cidade de Deus, Gabriel e a Montanha, Bacurau, Tropa de Elite I & II, Central do Brasil, O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Ferias, Sergio, Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho, Carandiru, O Auto da Compadecida
  • Music: Seu Jorge, Natiruts, Elza Soares, João Gilberto, Jorge Ben Jor, Sérgio Mendes, Mariana Froes, Rodrigo Alarcon, Tribalistas, Gilberto Gil, Novos Baianos, Armandinho, Los Hermanos, Anavitoria, Alceu Valença, Anelis Assumpção, Caetano Veloso, Castello Branco, Chico Buarque, Diogo Nogueira, Dona Ivone Lara, Duda Beat, Chimarruts, 1Kilo, Céu, Marcelo D2, Criolo, Ivete Sangalo, Zeca Pagodinho, Anitta, Marisa Monte, Maria Rita
• Chile
  • Books: Isabel Allende The House of The Spirits, Roberto Bolaño The Savage Detectives, 2666, José Donoso The Obscene Bird of Night
  • Film: Machuca, Poesía Sin Fin, Taxi Para Tres, No, La Vida De Los Peces, El Agente Topo, Historia De Un Oso, Una Mujer Fantástica, Tony Manero, El Club, Mi Mejor Enemigo, Mirageman, Matar a un Hombre, El Reemplazante, Los 80, 31 Minutos
  • Music: Los Tres, Los Prisioneros, Víctor Jara, Violeta Parra, Mon Laferte
• Colombia
  • Books: Gabriel García Márquez, Hector Abad Faciolince El Olvido Que Seremos, Laura Restrepo Delirium, Mario Mendoza Satanás, La Melancolía de los Feos, Buda Blues, Manuel Zapata Olivella, Tomás González El Fin del Océano Pacífico
  • Film: El Abrazo de la Serpiente, Los viajes del Viento, Pájaros del Verano, La Cara Oculta, Frontera Verde (series), La Estrategia del Caracol, Los Colores de la Montaña, Maria Full of Grace
  • Music: Carlos Vives, Herencia de Timbiqui, Joe Arroyo, Chocquibtown, Sistema solar, Manuel Medrano, Monseiur Periné, Canela, Petrona Martinez, Bomba Estéreo
• Canada
  • Books: Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale, Yann Martel Life of Pi, Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Green Gables, Nicole Brossard Mauve Desert
  • Music: Leonard Cohen, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, Drake, The Weeknd
• Costa Rica
  • Books: Carlos Luis Fallas Mamita Yunai, Max Jimenéz El Domador de Pulgas, Fabian Dobles Aguas Turbias, José León Sanchez The Lonely Men’s Island, Joaquin Gutierrez Cocori, Carmen Lyra Cuentos de mi Tia Panchita
  • Film: Costa Rica S.A. (2006), El Despertar de las Hormigas (2019), La Región Perdida (2010), Asesinato en el Meneo (2001), Los Secretos de Isolina (1986), Puerto Padre (2013), Presos (2015), Güilas (2018), El Regreso (2012), Entonces Nosotros
  • Music: Héctor Zúñiga Rovira (Amor de Temporada), Jesús Bonilla Chavarría, Orlando Zeledón, Mario Chacón Segura, The Patterns
• Cuba
  • Books: Alejo Carpentier Reasons of State
  • Film: Lucia, Cuba and the Cameraman
  • Music: Bebo Valdes, Buena Vista Social Club, Celia Cruz
• Dominica
  • Books: Dominica: Jean Rhys Wide Sargasso Sea
• Dominican Republic
  • Books: Julia Alvarez En el Tiempo de las Mariposas, Rita Indiana, Angie Cruz, Junot Diaz The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
  • Music: Vicente Garcia
• Ecuador
  • Books: Luis A Martinez A la Costa , Jorge Icaza Huasipungo, Maria Virginia Farinango & Laura Resau The Queen of Qater, Natalya Garcia Freire Nuestra Piel Muerta, Mandíbula de Mónica Ojeda, Vueltas por el Universo de Roger Ycaza, Decapitado Varios Autores Poemas Ilustrados, Oliver Dangles Biotamaxima 
  • Film: Con Mi Corazón en Yambo, Que Tan Lejos, Ratas Ratone y Rateros, Un Secreto en la Caja, Crónicas
  • Music: Swing Original Monks, Los Panchos, Julio Jaramillo, AU-D, Nicola Cruz, Mateo Kigman, Sal y Mileto, Mama Vudú, Da Pawn, Can Can, El Aguacate, Juan Fernando Velasco
• El Salvador
  • Books: Alfredo Espino Jicaras tristes, Horacio Castellanos Moya Senselessness
• Faroe Islands:
  • Music: Heidrik (Heiðrik)
• Guadeloupe
  • Books: Maryse Condé Segu, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
  • Music: Francky Vincent, Kassav’
• Guyana
  • Books: Palace of the Peacock by Wilson Harris
• Honduras
  • Books: Ramon Amaya Amador Prision Verde, Cipotes, Froylan Turcios El Vampiro, Lucila Gamero Blanca Olmedo, Juan Ramón Molina Tierras, Mares y Cielos
  • Film: Sin Nombre (Cary Fukunaga), Un Lugar en el Caribe, La Jaula
  • Music: Guillermo Anderson, Banda Blanca Sopa de Caracol, Aurelio Martinex
• Jamaica
  • Books:
  • Music: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Ernest Ranglin, Lila Ike, Koffee, Damien Marley 
• Mexico
  • Books: Laura Esquivel Like Water for Chocolate, Juan Rulfo Pedro Parámo, Don Miguel Ruiz The Mastery of Love, Carlos Fuentes Where the Air Is Clear, Octavio Paz The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
  • Film: Y Tu Mamá También, Amores Perros, Roma, Sin Señas Particulares, Tempestad, Ya No Estoy Aqui, Como Caído del Cielo, Nosotros los Nobles, A Toda Máquina, Tigers Are Not Afraid
  • Music: Natalia Lafourcade, Molotov, Zoe, Alejandro Fernandez, Vicente Fernandez, Juan Gabriel, Jose Jose, León Larregui (from Zoé), Ximena Sariñana, Café Tacvba, Julieta Venegas, Lila Downs, Aleks Syntek, Moenia, Caloncho, Siddharta, Armando Manzanero, Silvana Estrada
• Nicaragua
  • Books: Gioconda Belli The Country Under My Skin, The Country of Women, Rubén Darío Azul, Sergio Ramírez Nothing but Shadows, Divine Punishment, Tongolele Did Not Know How to Dance, Pablo Antonio Cuadra, Julio Valle Castillo, Ernesto Cardenal, Gabriel Traversari The Dictator´s Daughter
  • Film: La Yuma, La Carpa
  • Music: Luis Enrique, Hernaldo Zuniga, Malos Habitos, Milly Majuc, Katia & Salvador Cardenal, Camerata Bach, Myla Vox
• Panama
  • Books: Maritere Lee Una Cita contigo misma, Contigo fui todo menos yo, Ricardo Miró Patria, Elsie Alvarado de Ricord Amor Ausente, Amelia Denis de Icaza Al Cerro Ancon, Jamil Ahmad The Wandering Falcon
  • Film: Hands of Stone, Donaire y Esplendor, The Tailor of Panama
  • Music: Ruben Blades, Erika Ender, Samy y Sandra Sandoval, Omar Alfano, CienFue
• Paraguay
  • Books: Augusto Roa Bastos I the Supreme, Son of Man
• Peru 
  • Books: Alfredo Bryce Echenique Un mundo para Julius, Mario Vargas Llosa La Ciudad y Los Perros, Pantaleón y las Visitadoras, Jaime Bayli No Se lo Digas a Nadie 
  • Film: La Ciudad y Los Perros, No Se Lo Digas a Nadie, Pantaleón y las Visitadoras, No Me Digas solterona, A Su Mare
  • Music: Dengue Dengue Dengue, Martin Zarzar Moliendo Café, Chabaca Granda, Lucha Reyes, Juan Diego Flores, Ima Sumac, Gianmarco, Pedro, Suárez Vértiz, Mar de Copas, We The Lion
• Puerto Rico
  • Books: Julia de Burgos Poem in Twenty Furrows; René Marqués La Carreta
  • Music: Cultura Profetica, Héctor Lavoe, Ricky Martin, Los Rivera Destino, The Marías
• Suriname
  • Books: Cynthia McLeod The Cost of Sugar
• Uruguay 
  • Books: Daniel Mella, Mario Levrero La Novela Luminosa, Juan Carlos Onetti Dejemos Hablar al Viento, Mario Benedetti El amor, las mujeres y la vida, La Tregua, Carolina De Robertis The Invisible Mountain, Eduardo Galeano Open Veins of Latin America
  • Music: Jorge Drexler, Jaime Roos, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Eduardo Mateo, Ruben Rada, El Kinto, Fernando Cabrera, Totém 
• Venezuela
  • Books: Rómulo Gallegos Doña Bárbara 
  • Film: Azul y No Tan Rosa, Hermano (2010), Araya (1959), El Pez Que Fuma (1977), La Hora Zero
  • Music: Los Amigos Invisibles, Luis Silva, Reynaldo Armas, Simón Díaz, Rincón Morales, Anakena

Oceania

• Australia
  • Books: Tim Winton Cloudstreet, Luke Davies Candy, Craig Silvey Jasper Jones, Kate Grenville The Secret River, Bryce Courtenay The Power of One, Markus Zusak The Book Thief, Colleen McCullough The Thorn Birds
  • Film (& series): The Nightingale, Australia, The Adventures of the Red Dog, Satellite boy, Crocodile Dundee, Beneath clouds, Neighbours, The Heights, Stateless, Paperback Hero, The Dish, The Castle, Gallipoli, Rake, Ja’mie: private school girl, Kath & Kim, Bondi Rescue
  • Music: Men at Work, Jimmy Barnes, Kylie Minogue, Jet, Empire of the Sun, Hilltop Hoods, Tame Impala, The Cat Empire, Icehouse, John Williamson, Eskimo Joe, Crowded House, INXS
• New Zealand 
  • Books: Witi Ihimaera The Matriarch, The Whale Rider
  • Film: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• Samoa
  • Books: Albert Wendt Leaves of the Banyan Tree
• Tonga
  • Books: Epeli Hau’ofa Tales of the Tikongs