Accra News
British Council Ghana August closure.
The British Council learning centres in Accra and Kumasi are to close to the public from 3 August-1 September inclusive partly as a result of the ongoing energy crisis in the country. Other reasons gi...
Cairo News
Cairo taxi drivers profiled in book.
Taxi drivers the world over are a mine of information and opinions about the culture and society in which they operate, and taxi drivers in Cairo are no different. Now readers can tap their precious i...
Maputo News
Photographer Rangel receives French arts award.
Veteran Mozambican photographer Ricardo Rangel has been admitted as an officer to the French Order of Arts and Literature for his contribution to the evolution of photography in Mozambique and cultura...
Nairobi News
Cinemagoers the world over may have a chance to see a Kenyan movie that is making headlines thanks to a recent deal for its international release.
Accra News
Are you a Ghanaian poet wanting to make your voice heard? Or a poet from another country who has written about Ghana and wants to see the poem in print? If so,
Addis Ababa News
Film academy to open in Addis Ababa.
A film academy offering instruction in camera use, lighting, editing, production and script writing is due to open in Addis Ababa shortly. The Blue Nile Film and Television Academy is the brainchild o...
Cairo News
Egyptologists say they have identified the mummy of Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt
Addis Ababa News
Addis Ababa house on endangered monuments list.
Mohammadali House in Addis Ababa has been included in the 2008 list of
Lagos News
Eko Hotel Lagos is to host a beauty pageant and contest on 4 August to promote traditional fashion and music in the state. Contestants will be drawn from 20 local government areas in Lagos, must speak...
Accra News
Australian Aboriginal dance theatre in Accra.
Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture comes to Accra in a dance theatre event presented by the Australian high commission, starting on 27 June. The Descendance Aboriginal and Torre...
Accra News
Goldshow fashion event in Accra.
On 1 July over 10,000 visitors and fashion journalists from all over the world are expected to arrive in Accra for
Nairobi News
The Mexican government through its embassies in East Africa is offering scholarships in 2008 for plastic artists (sculptors and artists working with materials that can be moulded or modulated, such as...
Lagos News
Nigerian Chinua Achebe wins Booker prize.
Nigerian poet and novelist Chinua Achebe has won the Man Booker International Prize for his contribution to world literature. The 76-year-old, who is best known for his first novel,
Cairo News
Preserving Cairo’s European architecture.
The European Union is funding a project to identify and catalogue the remaining Belle
Cape Town News
Cape Town hosts Bollywood film festival.
The Bollywood film festival is to take place in Cape Town from 25-27 May as part of efforts to promote Indian movies in South Africa. The festival, in its first edition, is taking place at the V&A wat...
