Cairo What's on
27-31 October 2011. This film festival is dedicated to Arab shorts and takes place for the third year at Goethe Institut. This edition will be cured by nine Arabic personalities coming among the other...
Cairo What's on
Exhibition by Gamal Abdel-Nasser
16 October-16 November 2011. This solo exhibition displays a series of recent sculptures, entitled Mother Egypt, by the young Egyptian artist Gamal Abdel-Nasser. This innovative artist offers the view...
Cairo What's on
13 October-17 November 2011. This group exhibition, entitled Revolutionary Vision, showcases a selection of photographs and videos by the Egyptian artists Alaa Taher, Bassam El-Zoghby, Ibrahim Saad, J...
Addis Ababa What's on
Lecture on The Evolution of Professional Historiography in Ethiopia
26 October 2011. The Addis Ababa University organizes a lecture in English, held by the historian and professor Bahru Zewede.
This lecture will focus on the evolution of professional historiograph...
Addis Ababa What's on
29 October 2011. The Modern Art Museum of Addis Ababa projects the Egyptian movie Hassan and Marcus, directed by Ramy Imam, as part of Mam, its monthly movie night.
It tells the story of Mahmoud,...
Addis Ababa What's on
Fana-Wogi 2012: Open Call for Emerging Artists
15 November 2011. The 2012 edition of Fana-Wogi, the famous Ethiopian arts festival, will be organized by the Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa and the Modern Art Museum, which are still looking for contemp...
Cape Town What's on
Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke
20 October 2011-19 February 2011. This exhibition pays homage to The Art of Peter Clarke and his contribution to the South African art.
On display are a series of humorous paintings by Clarke, wh...
Nairobi What's on
8 October-10 November 2011. This exhibition displays the works by the Dutch, Tanzania-based painter Jan van Esch. In this recent series entitled Leftovers from Trees, van Esch draws leafs, branches an...
Accra What's on
7-28 October 2011. This event entitled Accra Reads, promotes reading among the Ghanaian community and generating interest in this habit.
This series, entitled Creating Leaders through Reading, wil...
Accra What's on
Animafrik, the 2011 African and Caribbean Cartoon Festival takes place in Accra from 25-28 October.
The third edition of the four-day animation film festival has as its theme
Nairobi What's on
4-16 October 2011. This exhibition entitled Maua 2 Art Exhibition displays the works by Annie Palys Ndegwa.
Nairobi What's on
Recent Paintings by Joseph Cartoon
4-23 October 2011. This exhibition features the most recent works by the Kenyan artist Joseph Cartoon.
Cartoon
Accra What's on
Real Life Documentary Festival
1- 4 October 2011. Goethe Institut hosts the sixth edition of the annual Real Life Documentary Film Festival. This event offers a great platform for local as well as international documentary films an...
Accra What's on
WƆbƆle kutu wƆkpe: Cultures in Confluence
1-4 October 2011. This art exhibition, entitled WƆbƆle kutu wƆkpe: Cultures in confluence, is organized by The Foundation for Contemporary Art-Ghana in collaboration with the Goethe-Ins...
Cairo What's on
The African Biennale for Photography
1-31 October 2011. This edition of the African Biennale for Photography is dedicated to the Arab Spring. On display are the photographs, who were awarded at the 9th round of the Bamako Encounters....
Accra What's on
Accra Jazz and World Music Festival
5-16 Oct. The third Accra Jazz and World Music Festival takes place from 5 October at the Alliance Francaise in Accra. The festival opens with a concert by American pianist Kenny Drew and the Swiss vi...
Nairobi What's on
On Red Ground by Roy Pickering
1-30 October 2011. This exhibition, entitled On Red Ground, is the first one by the British artist Roy Pickering ever displayed in Kenya. On display is a new series of mixed media paintings on alumini...
Nairobi What's on
1-30 October 2011. This exhibition entitled Our Bodies tell Our Stories brings together a selection of life sized self portraits of Kenyans affected by HIV. These so called Body Maps are composed of p...
Nairobi What's on
Sanctuary: Home, Away, the Common Ground art exhibition
26 July-30 September 2011. This exhibition dedicated to sanctuaries displays the works by the Kenyan artists Peterson Kamwathi, James Mbuthia, Prina Shah and Annabelle Wanjiku as well as by the Europe...
Cairo What's on
Nile and Ganga: Glimpses of Two Great Rivers
25 September-5 October 2011. This exhibition pays homage to the Two Great Rivers, the Nile and the Ganga, with a selection of 41 images by the Austrian photographer Cornelia Kaufmann. Kaufmann
