Accra What's on
The first electro festival in Accra is staged at the Alliance Française.
One of the highlights is the Kenyan Just a Band, a house/funk/disco group that plays on 25 Oct. As well as concerts t...
Lagos What's on
Lagos celebrates the fifth annual photo festival with the theme Staging Reality, Documenting Fiction.
Contemporary African photographers look at the boundaries between photography and truth, fact a...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
About 20 countries will participate in this year's Tanzania Tradex 2014.
The categories include automotives, building and construction, electronics, hotel and catering, medical and health, printing...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Asian film festival in Dar es Salaam
The ninth Asian film festival screens work from China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, South Korea, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates.
One of the films showing this yea...
Accra What's on
Accra I Luv Africa film festival
The theme of this four-day film festival for independent film makers of African descent is Connecting the Diaspora.
On 24 Oct there are showings of 10 shorts and panel discussions with the artists....
Accra What's on
Italian cultural week in Ghana
Exhibitions of contemporary Italian architecture, music and cinema make up the annual Italian cultural week in Accra.
One of the features this year is Tarantula Rubra, a contemporary Italian band,...
Cape Town What's on
Silent Voice at the Baxter in Cape Town
Aubrey Sekhabi's Silent Voice is showing at the Baxter after a successful run at the Edinburgh festival. The play is about a botched robbery that turns into murder against the background of modern-day...
Cape Town What's on
Emerging and established South African choreographers and dance companies present their work.
Over 30 companies, including some school groups, perform over the 10-day period. There are three sectio...
Cairo What's on
Cairo opera lovers will be able to see the Metropolitan Opera's production (Adrian Noble's 2007 version) of Verdi's Macbeth live in HD.
It is the first opera to be streamed live in the Met's new 20...
Maputo What's on
Blue on Blue exhibition in Maputo
Exhibition of ceramics by Majorie Wallace and photographs by Berry Bickle.
Wallace shows porcelain objects inspired by traditional baskets, which she carves with linear designs.
Bickle uses phot...
Nairobi What's on
Korean film festival in Nairobi
To celebrate 50 years of friendship with Kenya, South Korea is screening some of its most successful recent films at the Alliance Française in Nairobi.
Several of the films include the touch...
Addis Ababa What's on
European film festival in Addis Ababa
The annual European film festival takes place this year with showings as usual at the Alliance Française, the Goethe Institute and the Italian Cultural Centre.
Fifteen countries are taking p...
Nairobi What's on
The fourth Nairobi Slum Film Festival continues until 11 October with showings of films about and by people living in Nairobi's main slum communities of Kibera, Mathare and Kawangware.
The communit...
Cairo What's on
The exhibition entitled Next to Here displays the work of 18 young photographers from 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
The 74 works on display at the Contemporary Image Collective...
Cape Town What's on
Cape Town hosts national gymnastics
The South African gym games, organised by the South African Gymnastics Federation, take place in Cape Town.
There are six disciplines – artistic men and women, trampoline and tumbling, acroba...
Arusha What's on
Arusha's arts and culture festival, known also as the Jambo festival, includes fashion, live concerts and markets.
There will also be a street carnival through the town on Saturday 5 October, to ca...
Accra What's on
The eighth Accra international marathon includes a full marathon as well as half marathon, 10km and 5km courses.
The emphasis of the Accra marathon, organised by AIM Ghana, is on an active and heal...
Cape Town What's on
Cape Town Recovery Film Festival
The festival, now in its second year, looks at the difficult paths to recovery from different forms of addiction, especially among ordinary people – teachers, police, doctors, civil servants....
Cairo What's on
Cairo's Zawya cinema screens animation films
A weekend of short and feature length animated films by Arab and international film makers with discussions following the screenings.
The Arab shorts include a selection from Lebanon, Egypt, Syria,...
Lagos What's on
The Lights, Camera, Africa festival shows independent African-produced films, screening classics as well as new productions.
This year the theme is Legacy, to mark the centenary of the unification...
