Africa: The ABC of the Cliché

MAPUTO - To his great surprise, film journalist and historian Guido Convents was told by Portuguese journalists in 2006 that Mozambique had no significant film culture or production. Even within the Belgian film industry, nobody seemed to have any knowledge of Mozambican cinema.

AFRICA - New generations always dream big. Daaf Borren travelled through some 16 countries in Africa, fascinated by their stories. From Mali and Congo to Ethiopia and Mauritania: this is an atypical travel book, in which you not only cover many kilometres, but also travel along to the future.

PRETORIA - David Van Reybrouck investigates whether and to what extent Maurice Maeterlinck, so far the only Belgian Nobel laureate in literature, committed plagiarism when writing 'La Vie des Termites' (1926).