Cape Town What's on
5-6 April 2006. Two days of films dealing with labour issues including factory closings, youth issues and unemployment. The programme includes A decent factory directed by Thomas Balmes (Finland/Franc...
Maputo What's on
Ibsen for Mozambican Womens Day.
6-30 April 2006. Henrik Ibsens classic play A Doll's House (A Casa da Boneca) is playing at Teatro Avenida as part of the international programme of events to mark the 100th anniversary of the death o...
Addis Ababa What's on
31 March-30 April 2006. Forty photographs by amateur photographers portraying rural life across the country. The exhibition is the result of a national competition Empowering Rural Livelihoods in Ethi...
Addis Ababa What's on
Korean beats at the National Theatre.
31 March 2006. The six-member Dulsori percussion group from South Korea is at the National Theatre for an evening of traditional Korean music organised by the Ethiopian ministry of culture and tourism...
Nairobi What's on
1 April 2006. Nimrod Taabu, Philip Coulson, Ian Mbugua, Duncan Wambugu and Michael Oyier perform modern and classic songs in a charity concert presented by Sterling Quality Entertainment Company. 19.0...
Addis Ababa What's on
31 March 2006. Girum Mezmour (guitar), Beale Merawi (bass) and Olaf Boelsen (saxophone) perform in a jazz cabaret evening at the Alliance thio-franaise. Mezmour is considered one of the best guitarist...
Maputo What's on
31 March 2006. The renowned Mozambican singer, songwriter and social activist Elvira Viegas presents her fourth CD, Venho de longe. Winner of the annual Dcouvertes RFI prize awarded by Radio France In...
Cape Town What's on
1 April 2006. The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra performs light classical and contemporary music under the direction of South African conductor Richard Cock. The programme includes music by Franz von Sup...
Nairobi What's on
11 March-4 April 2006. Work by Sudanese artists Salah Ammar and Hassan Fadoul Abbakar is on show at the Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art (RaMoMa) gallery in Nairobi. Basing his work on nature, Khartoum...
Accra What's on
30 March-7 April 2006. This years Environmental Film Festival of Accra (EFFA) presents over 40 films from 22 countries at various venues around the city. The programme, which has the theme African Env...
Addis Ababa What's on
5-8 April 2006. Exhibition of work by Joseph Habte Mariam at the Hilton Hotel. Opening 5 April 18.30.
Addis Ababa What's on
7-8 April 2006. Art and handiworks go on sale in the Floral Gardens off Bole Road. 10.00-17.00.
Accra What's on
30 March-14 April 2006. Three young artists present works made out of plastic waste material to coincide with the Environmental Film Festival of Accra (30 March-7 April). The exhibition comprises Not...
Nairobi What's on
31 March-15 April 2006. The Phoenix Players present Over my dead body, a new comedy by British playwright Derek Benfield. Following his wifes recent death Gerald hopes to spend the rest of his days al...
Cape Town What's on
19-28 April 2006. In February 2006 seven Cape Town male prostitutes were each given an instant camera and told to take pictures of themselves and their environment. The results of this photographic wo...
Cape Town What's on
13 April-21 May 2006. Over 80 original works by Pablo Picasso go on show alongside 29 African sculptures in an exhibition exploring the influence of African art on the twentieth-century Spanish master...
Maputo What's on
1 April-30 Sept 2006. This is the best time of year to visit the elephant sanctuary 80 km south of Maputo. The reserve is part of the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), an international c...
Film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein on Argentinean workers' takeover of their closed factory. In English, discussion follows. 8pm
Nairobi What's on
Morning Rain the poetry of Imani.
15 March 2006. Musician and poet Imani Woomera launches her debut album and book entitled Morning Rain: the Poetry of Imani in the auditorium of the Alliance Francaise in Nairobi. Born in Hawaii and r...
Accra What's on
17 March 2006. Makeba L. Boateng and Patrick T. Ehlah present traditional and original fabrics and fashion designs. Participants in a British Council-sponsored African cultural heritage workshop in Za...
