Nairobi What's on
An installation by Wambui Kamiru that looks at ethnicity and the way names were used by missionaries and colonial powers to “classify” the people under their control and then to divide and...
Cape Town What's on
The international photography biennale of worldwide trends in photography, usually held in the Netherlands, is showing in Cape Town for the first time.
The theme is Constructions and is divided int...
Accra What's on
Asa Baako was launched in March 2011, in the spectacular fishing village of Busua in Ghana's Western Region.
Festival organisers from the UK and Ghana joined together with local residents, to creat...
Cape Town What's on
The extreme sports festival is now a two-day event of freestyle motocross, bicycle motocross and skateboarding both in and outdoors.
There is live music throughout the festival and a final concert...
Nairobi What's on
Safaricom international jazz festival
The jazz festival culminates with an all-day event headed by South Africa's Jonathan Butler at the Ngong race course.
Singer-song writer and guitarist, Butler was one of the first black singers to...
Cape Town What's on
The first late night opening for Cape Town's museums on 26 Feb coincides with the annual Cape Town Art Fair (25 Feb-1 March), Design Indaba (25-27 Feb), Zeit Museum of Contemporary Art Africa gala (28...
Accra What's on
American acoustic guitarist Earl Klugh is performing at the two-day jazz festival in support of the fight against maternal mortality and leukemia.
Klugh, who has 13 Grammy nominations to his name,...
Maputo What's on
An interactive exhibition of digital material to assist research into world war one, including archive documents, photos, film and sound.
It is part of the events to commemorate world war one organ...
Lagos What's on
The theme of the third social media week in Lagos is Upwardly Mobile: the Rise of the Connected Class.
There are various categories, business, culture, marketing and technology with about 130 diffe...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
The 12th edition of the Zanzibar music festival, which takes place in Stone Town, showcases the best of African music live and is considered one of the top African music festivals.
This year 37 gro...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Zanzibar. A Tale beyond Fiction
This photographic exhibition by French photographer Ania Gruca tracks life on the multi-cultural Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.
Gruca, who lives in New York, has been travelling to the island regula...
Lagos What's on
An exhibition of the work of five new media artists at the Centre for Contemporary Art Lagos, in conjunction with the British Council in Lagos.
The exhibition features the work of Declan Clarke (Ir...
Arusha What's on
Tanzania and Kenya tourism meeting
Tanzanian and Kenyan experts and government ministers are meeting in Arusha to try to improve bilateral agreements that regulate the tourist markets in the two countries.
One of the present difficu...
Cape Town What's on
The world premiere of David Kramer's new musical, Orpheus in Africa, a story about the African-American impresario Orpheus McAdoo and the South African tournee of his company, the Virginia Jubilee Sin...
Maputo What's on
The South African Ntsoana dance company performs Afrika, after its 10-day residency with a Pamoja arts residency programme in Maputo.
Sello Pesa, the artistic director and choreographer of the Joh...
Cairo What's on
The Cairo Book Fair, once a major event in the Egyptian publishing calendar, is still trying to reclaim some of its past importance.
The fair, which was cancelled in 2011 because of the 25 January...
Accra What's on
An exhibition of Ghanaian political cartoons from independence onwards.
The cartoons capture the important political, social, religious and economic events of the last six decades.
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Tigo Music launches in Tanzania
Tigo Tanzania is launching its Tigo Music platform at an all-day concert in Dar es Salaam featuring 18 local and international artists.
Tigo Music is a new pre-paid bundle (available to customers f...
Nairobi What's on
Nairobi restaurant week offers upmarket discounts
More than 50 restaurants are participating in Nairobi's restaurant week (NRW) which runs for 10 days from 22 January to 1 February.
Many of the top hotels are offering cut prices meals again this y...
Cairo What's on
Swiss-Egyptian project examines visual arts
The Swiss arts council Pro Helvetia examines the development of the visual arts in both Switzerland and Egypt at the beginning of the 21st century.
The project starts with a panel discussion led by...
