Accra What's on
6-12 May 2008. Installations, paintings and other art works by Emmanuel Sogbadji and Laka Ankunde from Togo are on display at the Goethe-Institut in Accra. The work on show has been made out of recycl...
Addis Ababa What's on
Daniel Taye exhibition at Lela art gallery.
19 April-18 May 2008. Paintings by celebrated Ethiopian artist Daniel Taye are on show at the Lela art gallery in Addis Ababa. Taye studied art at the Addis Ababa School of Fine Arts in the late 1980s...
Maputo What's on
5-20 May 2008. Films from several European countries can be seen during the sixth edition of the European Film Festival in Maputo. Screenings are at the French-Mozambican cultural centre for the durat...
Accra What's on
Environmental Film Festival of Accra.
13-21 May 2008. The Environmental Film Festival of Accra (EFFA) returns to the Ghanaian capital for the fourth consecutive year with a programme of local and international short films, feature films a...
Lagos What's on
Photographic exhibition at the Goethe-Institut.
10-22 May 2008. The Goethe-Institut in Lagos presents
Cairo What's on
1-24 May 2008. Musicians, dancers and authors from seven countries are in Cairo for the biennial Spring Festival organised by Cairo
Addis Ababa What's on
24 May 2008. Handicrafts made under the auspices of local development projects are available for purchase at the International Evangelical Church (IEC) near the African Union headquarters. The sale is...
Nairobi What's on
Exhibition at Le Rustique restaurant.
25 April-29 May 2008. Paintings by Miriam Rinck from Argentina are on display at Le Rustique Restaurant in Westlands.
Nairobi What's on
1 June 2008. The annual off-road car rally near Nyeri north of Nairobi raises money for the Rhino Ark Charitable Trust. Competitors are required to visit 13 control points scattered over approximately...
Cairo What's on
Fine art exhibition at the Opera House.
28 April-30 June 2008. Paintings and sculptures by the late pioneering Egyptian artists Labib Tadros, Mahmoud Moukhtar, Zeinab Abdou and Kawkab Youssef El-Assal are on display in the grounds of Cairo...
Cape Town What's on
17 June-13 July 2008. Local comedians Marc Lottering, Riaad Moosa, Nik Rabinowitz, Chris Forrest and Ndumiso Lindi are on the line-up for the annual stand-up comedy festival, now in its fourth year. T...
Cape Town What's on
World Rope Skipping Championships.
22-28 July 2008. Double Dutch, Double under Toad and Single Rope are just three of the techniques on trial in the 2008 World Rope Skipping Championships in Cape Town. Teams from 15 countries including...
Cape Town What's on
Pancho Guedes exhibition at the South African National Gallery.
13 May-31 Aug 2008. Work by the Portuguese modernist architect, painter and sculptor Pancho Guedes is on display in the retrospective exhibition
Nairobi What's on
International School of Kenya exhibition.
27 April-4 May 2008. International baccalaureate students at the International School of Kenya (ISK) present their recent examination work in an exhibition at the YaYa centre in Nairobi. The work on d...
Nairobi What's on
26 April 2008. Susanna Kibukosya, Achieng Abura, Kenge Kenge Orutu System, Abi & Kikwetu, Helon, Danger & Friends, Aaron Ribui-Band, Rough-Tone and Jua Kali are among the Kenyan artists and bands sche...
Arusha What's on
4 May 2008. The Crown of Russian Ballet from Moscow is at the International School Moshi in Arusha with
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Japanese photographic exhibition.
28 April-13 May 2008. The embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation present the itinerant exhibition
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Manyani Nani at the Alliance Française.
16 May 2008. Dar es Salaam-based band Manyani Nani performs at the Alliance Fran
