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Lagos Fashion and Design Week is now one of the most prominent fixtures on the creative arts scene
There are more cynical motives at work in the ‘race’ to influence the world through culture
The bombing illustrates that everything people say on day one of a crisis is usually wrong
Christopher Louis McIntosh Johnson, 1931-2012, writer and economist
Seret is the first Israeli film festival to launch in London
As the language spreads, people will speak and write it in different ways
Theatre practitioner Claire Pamment travels to Pakistan to dispel stereotypes and discovers a flourishing theatre scene
Cultural ties are more important than aid, writes Ramachandra Guha
Parselelo Kantai reports on the Naija entertainment phenomenon
The country’s greatest asset is its young people, reports Xan Rice
The chief executive of the Royal Opera House visits with the British Council in Lagos and witnesses both sides of the Nigerian coin
Washington must show more leadership to arrange talks with Taliban, writes Ahmed Rashid
Oppressive and secretive political systems fail their populations on an epic scale, writes Tony Barber
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