Flavour’s album ‘Uplifted’ to be released in South Africa Good News for Naija Music Lovers in Southern Africa Johannesburg, 25 October 2011 Flavour’s album, ‘Uplifted’ will be available in South African music stores this November, Lolhiphop Records has announced. The hunky Nigerian singer has captured the hearts of music lovers in South Africa with seductive […]
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One Day I Will Write About This Place, book launch
One Day I Will Write About This Place Date: Wednesday 26th October, 6:30-8:30pm Venue: Brunei Gallery Suite, SOAS, LONDON Book launch with author Binyavanga Wainaina, Kibny’Aanko Seroney (broadcast journalist, Kass FM) and Dr Wangui wa Goro (author & translator).
Miss Cameroon UK To Attend FabAfriq Launch
Miss Cameroon UK To Attend FabAfriq Launch in Birmingham Tomorrow (9 October 2011). The organising team of the Miss Cameroon UK are delighted to announce that Miss Cassandra Dohmatob, the current Miss Cameroon UK title holder will tomorrow be a Special VIP Guest at the Official Launch of the renowned African Flag Bearer, FabAfriq Magazine […]
Maker Faire Africa 2011 to be held in Cairo on 6 October
While long weekends are usually reserved for frying one’s brain cells, this year’s 6 October holiday offers a unique opportunity for a more productive sort of stimulation – while still having fun.
Documentary Network Africa unites African filmmakers
Documentary Network Africa (DNA) unites African filmmakers Johannesburg – More than 150 documentary filmmakers from across Africa came together at the People-2-People Documentary Conference, and decided it was “time for African filmmakers to do things for themselves”.
Madiba grandchildren create own reality show
So three of Nelson Mandela’s grandchildren will star in their own reality television show for South African television. The show will go on air in 2012. The main characters will be sisters Swati Dlamini-Manaway (34), and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway (32), and their cousin, Dorothy Adjoa Amuah (27).
Merkato: film about an open-air market in Ethiopia
Merkato is a documentary (view the trailer here) about the largest open-air market in Ethiopia. The filmmakers are trying to raise funds to finish the project through kickstarter.
African artists catalogue of the Afro Pepites Show
The hidden talents discovered by the African Dream // The association The African Dream is hunter and coordinator of talent throughout social networks. Every year new artists are discovered among more than 400 participants. Here is a selection of some artists who deserve to be widely known. Until they find cultural actors who will support […]
Music Break / Kommanda Obbs
It was Core Wreckah who first put us on to Lesotho rapper Kommanda Obbs a while ago. Asked for some background about this video, Kommanda tells us that “Ts’epe was shot in the mountainous villages of Bela Bela and Maputsoe in Lesotho. The aim of the song is to instil confidence in youth so that […]
An interview with photographer Sedrick Miles
Sedrick Miles did what most people would love to do: he quit his job and traveled the world for a year with a camera and an open heart. This was not a whim. This was not a luxurious adventure bankrolled by a wealthy parent. Miles sold most of his belongings, intensely researched, then set sail. […]