Nairobi What's on
18 Feb-8 March 2009. Painted umbrellas, sculpture by Tanzania-based Dutch sculptor Mieke van Grinsven, work by Italian architect and artist Umberto Signa and photographs from the South Asian Mosaic of...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
11 Feb 2009. The February edition of the monthly Words and Pictures (WAPI) arts festival at the British Council features artists from Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and the United Kingdom....
Maputo What's on
International Club of Mozambique exhibition.
4-14 Feb 2009. The painting group of the International Club of Mozambique presents
Maputo What's on
Black History Month film series.
12-15 Feb 2009. February is Black History Month, when many countries remember important people and events in the history of the African diaspora (the United Kindgom holds its own commemorative events...
Lagos What's on
Musical Society of Nigeria concert.
8 Feb 2009. Harry Ibiyefiebo electronic organ and Guchi Egbunine tenor perform excerpts from works by Puccini, Guerrini and Andrew Lloyd-Webber in a start-of-year concert organised by the Musical Soci...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Sauti za Busara Zanzibar music festival.
12-17 Feb 2009. Musicians from all over Africa perform in the annual music extravaganza on Zanzibar island. Live music events run from around 16.00 until late and the programme also includes a carniva...
Addis Ababa What's on
18 Feb 2009. The Italian Institute of Culture presents
Accra What's on
20-21 Feb 2009. Representatives of over 35 universities in the United Kingdom are on hand to help Ghanaian students explore the possibility of higher education abroad. The two-day meeting includes a p...
Lagos What's on
Poetry at the Goethe-Institut.
21 Feb 2009. Young poets, spoken word artists and lyricists from Lagos perform to musical accompaniment. The event is organised by the Goethe-Institut in conjunction with the Culture Advocates Caucus....
Cairo What's on
Literary evening with Laurent Charpentier.
24-25 Feb 2009. Literary evening dedicated to two great French travellers, 2008 Nobel prize-winning author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Cl
Accra What's on
Prix Jeunesse children’s television festival.
28 Feb-1 March 2009. Quality television for children and youth is the focus of this two-day festival at the Goethe-Institut presenting highlights from the 2008 Prix Jeunesse International festival in...
Accra What's on
Peter Sebald lecture on the Ghana-Togo border.
3 March 2009. Dr Peter Sebald, a specialist in German colonial history in Africa, lectures on
Addis Ababa What's on
St Patrick’s Day charity ball.
7 March 2009. Members of the local and international community come together for a fundraising ball to mark the feast day of Ireland
Lagos What's on
17 March 2008. Short documentaries and fiction films by young Nigerian filmmakers are screened at the Goethe-Institut with actors and directors on hand to introduce their work and answer questions. 19...
Arusha What's on
East Africa Inter-city Basketball Championship.
23-27 March 2009. Teams from Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Kampala, Kigali, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Mbeya, Tanga and Arusha take part in the 11th edition of the Inter city basketball championships of east...
