Maputo What's on
Contemporary dance performance.
9 Nov 2006. Dancers from Mozambique, Madagascar and South Africa perform in a collaborative work organised by Mozambican dance company CulturArte with support from ProHelvetas and the Franco Mozambica...
Accra What's on
9 Nov 2006. Carola Lentz, professor of anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany, presents her book Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana. Drawing on 20 years of researc...
Accra What's on
30 Oct-11 Nov 2006. Work by renowned Ghanaian street artist Kwame Akoto is on show in Art Speaks at the Alliance Francaise in Accra. Akoto paints under the name Almighty God and is based in Kumasi, Gh...
Cape Town What's on
9-12 Nov 2006. This years edition of the annual Cape Town dragon boat festival at the V&A waterfront opens on 9 Nov with the traditional awakening of the dragon. This is followed with team and company...
Addis Ababa What's on
Italian cultural events in Addis Ababa.
1-14 Nov 2006. The programme at the Italian Cultural Institute for the first half of Nov includes a two-day international conference on the title Dermatological care for all: a basic human right (1-2...
Maputo What's on
17 Nov 2006. Ten-member Mozambican band Thikyt brings together music and musicians from different generations. 20.30.
Nairobi What's on
3-25 Nov 2006. The Phoenix Players present the comedy drama One for the pot by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton, starring Andrew Muthure, Shirleen Wangari, David Opondoe, Anthony Kinuthia and Eddie Mbugua....
Cape Town What's on
Betrayal at the Baxter theatre.
1 Nov-2 Dec 2006. Andrew Buckland, Jeremy Crutchley and Susan Danford star in Harold Pinters contemporary classic Betrayal at the Baxter Theatre. First staged at the National Theatre in London in 1978...
Cape Town What's on
Cape Town international music festival.
16 Nov-7 Dec 2006. Top local and international musicians gather in the Mother City for the first edition of the Cape Town international summer music festival directed by Russian-born pianist Olga Kern...
Nairobi What's on
27 Oct-28 Dec 2006. Early Christmas shoppers take note: the exhibition Xmas in Africa at Banana Hill Art Studio/Gallery offers unique Christmas gift ideas at reasonable prices. 10.00-18.00 including h...
Nairobi What's on
16 Oct 2006. The Alliance Franaise in Nairobi hosts a screening of Raoul Pecks film Lumumba (2002) followed by a debate on the political future of the Democratic Republic of Congo organised by the for...
Accra What's on
19 Oct 2006. Participants of drama workshops organised by Theatre for a Change, present the results of their work at the British Council in Accra. The theatre is a UK-registered charity working to pro...
Accra What's on
Kutashe performs at British Council.
19 Oct 2006. Ghanas Kutashe Band performs a combination of reggae, calypso, highlife, zouk and jazz rhythms at the British Council in Accra. Kutashe (pronounced koot-ash and meaning arise in Hausa, th...
Maputo What's on
Contemporary dance performance.
19 Oct 2006. French/Canadian/Mozambican dance company Projet in Situ performs at the Scala Cinema in Maputo. The show is part of a work in progress that has seen or will see the company travel to four...
Addis Ababa What's on
16-20 Oct 2006. Graphic artist Agegnehu Adane presents his work in a solo exhibition at the Addis Hilton. Educated at Addis Ababa School of Fine Arts, Adane works predominantly using woodcuts and pen...
Cape Town What's on
20-21 Oct 2006. Rose enthusiasts from all over South Africa and beyond arrive in the historic village of Montagu, east of Cape Town, for the 19th edition of the annual rose show organised by the Monta...
Nairobi What's on
Exhibition at the Godown Art Centre.
18-21 Oct 2006. Work by resident artists Maria Buchner from Australia, Beatrice Njoroge from Kenya, Stephen Ngaran'ganga from Zimbabwe and Graham Hudson from the United Kingdom goes on show at the God...
Nairobi What's on
Furniture and interior design exhibition.
18-22 Oct 2006. Furniture makers and interior designers display a range of work at the Village Market including works in wrought iron, antique furniture and furniture and designs inspired by tradition...
Addis Ababa What's on
12-22 Oct 2006. Influence of Woman is the title of an exhibition of work by Ethiopian artists Yonas Sahle and Seyoum Ayalew at the National Theatre in Addis Ababa.
Cape Town What's on
24 Oct-2 Nov 2006. Cape Town City Ballet performs the classic romantic ballet Giselle at Artscape Opera House. The ballet tells the story of a nobleman, Count Albrecht, and his love for the young peas...
