The ARISE Africa Fashion Week will be held in Johannesburg (South Africa) from the 12 to 20 June 2009. The event is sponsored by the monthly magazine Arise, a publication launched in February 2009 to promote African achievement in fashion, music, culture, business and politics.
Category: culture
Africa24tv.com, the tv channel for all Africans
Africa24tv.com is the site of the new TV channel dedicated to Africa. It aires via satellite, cable and ADSL. The news was published on the Italian blog Jambo Africa, hosted by lastampa.it. Launched the 5 of February this year on Channel 36 of the bouquet CanalSat Horizons, Africa24tv aims to show images of a modern […]
African book for kids will be presented in Turin
The book exhibition in Turin will host tomorrow the presentation of the book made of African fairy tales “La Giornata di Sidi e Karisa” (The day of Sidi and Karisa). The book gathers many African tales and nursery rhymes of African origin, particularly from Kenya.
'Congo River' shown in Rome (Caffé letterario)
Caffè Letterario in Rome will host tomorrow, 13 May 2009, 8pm, the projection of the movie ‘Congo River‘ by Thierry Michel. “Every dime will be donated for the realisation of a project concerning the Batwa families in the North Kivu region in DR Congo”, as stated in a press release. Thierry Michel is also the […]
Amref presents Ugo Gangheri & Nomadia latest album
Thursday 7 May, the bookshop Bibli in Rome (via dei Fienaroli 28) will host a live concert of Ugo Gangheri & Nomadia presenting their latest work “Ccà nun ce stanno liune” (CNI Music). Everything will be donated to Amref‘s project in Nairobi “Children in need”. The atmosphere of the album is rarefied but intense nonetheless. […]
Mediterranean Games: Frattini meets ambassadors
Italian foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Tuesday 5 May 2009 at 10:30, in Rome’s Villa Madama, with the ambassadors of the 22 countries participating in the Mediterranean Games. He will give the official invitation signed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The event will take place in Pescara from 26 June to […]
"Africa Qui": a book about successfull Africans
‘Africa Qui‘ (‘Here Africa’) is not just a book but also a bet. Yes you read it right. It is a bet between the author, Stefania Ragusa, and her friend Sara, “a very Italian woman but with ebony skin”, on the fact that in Italy there are no successful migrants. “Why, Sara was asking herself, […]
A human is human because of other humans
No matter how it sounds in your ears, the speaker was down serious about it. Dr. Chinua Achebe is the author of “things fall apart“, one of the most popular books ever written by Africans. With the translation into all the major languages in the world, millions of people have bought the book. At an […]
South Africa: Klein Karoo festival ends
The Klein Karoo National Arts festival 2009 will end tomorrow 11 April in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. This year the venue hosted a great variety of artists. Among them: Johnny Clegg and Jack Hammer. As stated on Ictc.org, “First launched as an Afrikaans-only culture event, the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) in Oudtshoorn has evolved […]
South Africa: Splashy Fen 2009 starts tomorrow
The Splashy Fen music festival 2009 will starts tomorrow in South Africa. Julie Baker, Nonchalant and Wrestlerish will be some of the artists that will entertain the public until next monday. Supported by East Coast radio and by the tourism of KwaZulu-Natal, the festival will be hosted near Underberg and will take place until the […]