Nairobi What's on
Retracing Kenya’s songs of protest.
A preview of music as a force for change in Kenya from 1963-2013.
Ketebul Music releases its new compilation in the Retracing Kenya Music series.
Nairobi What's on
About 50 restaurants have signed up for this gastronomic week in Nairobi. Clients will be offered a choice of special three-course menus from KSh 1,250 to KSh 1,750 per person.
This event is well-e...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Sauti sa Busara, which calls itself the “friendliest music festival on the planet” in Zanzibar’s Stone Town features some 200 musicians from across the continent and the diaspora for...
Cape Town What's on
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Cape Town What's on
Bruce Springsteen in Cape Town
Bruce Springsteen’s first ever performance in Cape Town. Tickets are already sold out but just in case any go on sale the original price was R560 to R1010 per person.
All those who cannot get...
Cairo What's on
The Cairo International Book Fair will go ahead in Nasr City as planned although there have been rumours that it would be cancelled because of the unstable political situation.
To celebrate its 45t...
Cape Town What's on
7-9 Feb. Hate Radio is a re-enactment of the hate broadcasting by RTML (Radio Television Libre des Milles Collines) during the three months of the Rwanda genocide in 1994. The broadcasts of the presen...
Addis Ababa What's on
The showing of the brief documentaries Supporting Spaces by Bisrat Kifle and Recycling Spaces by Felix Heisel are followed by an open discussion on the themes of the role of listros (shoe shiners) and...
Accra What's on
The Paillote Takpekpe series to encourage local visual and performing artists starts again at the end of February at the Alliance Française.
Every last Wednesday of the month a local artist...
Maputo What's on
The 2014 edition of the Marrabenta festival of popular and folk music.
Marrabenta developed in Maputo in the 1930s and 1940s, out of Mozambican dance rhythms and Portuguese folk music such as fado....
Lagos What's on
Nigeria’s first ever animated cartoon exhibition.
The fair is designed to promote branding and advertising production in consumer markets.
Accra What's on
Blitz the Ambassador starts his world tour, called Afropolitan Dreams, in Accra.
Born and brought up in Accra, Blitz the Ambassador (Samuel Bazawule) now lives in Brooklyn.
This hip-hop artist i...
Addis Ababa What's on
Opening of the exhibition by the Addis artist, Wendimagegn Gashaw who had his first solo show at the Alliance Ethio-Française in 2011.
Born in 1985 Gashaw is a realist painter who works with...
Nairobi What's on
John Kamicha and Yassir Ali Mohammed
Kenyan artist John Kamicha and Sudanese Yassir Ali Mohammed are showing together at the Banana Hill Gallery.
Kamicha’s work has been influenced by the violence and bloodshed of the post-2007...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Lina Ubani (Antidote to Rot)
10 and 24 Jan. The production uses traditional stories, dances and music. It is written by Penina Muhando Mlama one of Tanzania’s top Kiswahili playwrights who br...
Cape Town What's on
Cape Town hosts African Nations Championships
The 2014 Orange African Nations Championship opens in Cape Town on 11 January. The three-week long football tournament is held every two years, alternating with the Africa Cup of Nations.
Cape Town...
Accra What's on
This festival of Bollywood’s best films is becoming an annual event. It was started in 2009 by the High Commission of India, in conjunction with Silverbird Cinemas, to mark Republic Day on 26 Ja...
Nairobi What's on
The 2013 Kenya Air Show Festival will be an impressive showcase of achievement by our aviators and aviation industry over the last fifty years.Soaking up the festival atmosphere, the Air Show promises...
Addis Ababa What's on
The churches of Lalibela. History and meaning
The presentation of this book by anthropologist Jacques Mercier and Claude Lepage.
Mercier has been specialising in Ethiopia since 1972 when he studied Ethiopian esoteric and traditional medicine....
Addis Ababa What's on
Kidist Berhane displays her work in this group show by 15 women artists on the theme of coffee at the National Museum of Ethiopia.
Coffee is grown mainly in Kaffe, a western region of Ethiopia, an...
