Literature
Accra What's on
Visual arts lecture by Joe Nkrumah.
28 Feb 2008. Chemist, conservation scientist and cultural anthropologist Professor Joe Nkrumah will give a lecture on the history and evolution of the visual arts in Ghana. Professor Nkrumah is the fo...
Nairobi What's on
The media and Kenyan elections.
21 Nov 2007. Ute Schaeffer, director of Africa and Middle East programmes at Deutsche Welle (DW) Radio, will chair a panel discussion on the role of the media in the run-up to Kenya
Cairo What's on
24 Oct-3 Dec 2007. The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is sponsoring a lecture by Jennifer L. Derr of Stanford University titled
Accra What's on
18 Sept 2007. German composer and author Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf reflects on the function of classical music in Germany and its potential for Ghana in a lecture at the Goethe-Institut. He will be accom...
Cape Town What's on
Sara Baartman lecture for women’s day.
8 Aug 2007. Iziko Museums of Cape Town will mark national women
Accra What's on
29 June 2007. The Ghana Bar Association is holding a lecture on 29 June to mark the 25th anniversary of the murder of three high court judges and a retired army major under the military dictatorship o...
Accra What's on
Lectures at the British Council.
24-30 May 2007. The British Council has two lectures lined up for the end of May. The first is the inaugural lecture of the Professor Adu Boahen Memorial Lectures series on the issue of free speech (2...
Accra What's on
19 April 2007. The Africa Institute of Journalism and Communications (AIJC) is holding its second Bannerman memorial lecture on the theme
Cairo What's on
11 April 2007. Michael Dukakis, United States politician and Democratic candidate for the 1988 presidential elections, lectures on the subject
Cairo What's on
Lectures at the American University.
15-25 Feb 2007. The American University in Cairo (AUC) has a full programme of lectures and debates in the second half of Feb. On 15 Feb political analyst Nabil Zaki and Hoda Badran, president of the...
Cairo What's on
Lectures at the American Research Center.
1 Sept 2006-31 May 2007. Academics specialising in the fields of Egyptology and Egyptian, Islamic and Coptic history give lectures on Weds evenings at the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). The...
Accra What's on
9 Jan 2007. Former mayor of Accra Nat Nunoo Amarteifio presents the book
Accra What's on
23 Jan 2007. German historian Dr Peter Sebald examines the events surrounding the establishment of the first European settlement in West Africa at Elmina in present-day Ghana. He draws on the work of...
Addis Ababa What's on
Talk on gender-based violence.
22 Nov 2006. The Heinrich Bll Foundation in partnership with the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) is giving a talk on gender-based violence at the Goethe Institut as part of its programme to...
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
Lecture on democracy and governance.
31 Aug 2006. The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) is holding its annual democracy and governance public lecture on the theme The Global context of the Governance Agenda: Reflections. CDD...
Accra What's on
28 July 2006. The youth-based non-governmental organisation Foundation for Human Development is organising a discussion on the theme Facing todays challenges for tomorrows success at the British Counc...
