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Heritage: the heartbeat of culture — Afrimaxx

September 5, 2025

Heritage is the heartbeat of culture, and this episode explores how traditions can be saved from extinction: from fantasy coffins in Ghana to Zulu glass bead embroidery and Mauritian sega music.

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Heritage is more than history. It’s the heartbeat of culture and shapes who we are, but also where we’re going! Heritage is the bridge between honouring the past and taking it into the future.

Have you already thought about your afterlife? No? Well, in Ghana, there are specialists who will make your last path even more colorful. 

Artist Mbali Mthethwa has revived the art of glass beading. She uses the dying craft of beads as a base for a large tapestry at the Shapa Stadium in Soweto.

Myra Dunoyer Kavira Vahighene is a storyteller and a conveyor of Congolese and African history. She rewrites ancestral tales and imagines a future where African stories are no longer told by foreigners.

La Nikita, a Mauritian Sega singer, actively uses her voice to popularize the typical Mauritian island sound, sung in Creole, for the younger generation. 

In Rwandan culture, cows play a significant role. Now, with the help of his cows, Alexis Ngabo Karegeya aims to turn his village, Bigogwe, into a thriving tourism destination.

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