Nairobi What's on
Happy Birthday by The Phoenix Players
14-29 September 2012. The Phoenix Players present Happy Birthday, a play directed by George Munga.
The plot tells of Bernard, who invites his mistress, Brigit, to his home on her birthday in presen...
Cape Town What's on
Exhibition by Banksy and Friends
21 August-8 September 2012. This exhibition looks the concept of controversy through a series of works by the famous graffiti guerrilla artist Banksy, as well as other international artists, including...
Cape Town What's on
Order and Division by Gina Heyer
22 August-3 October 2012. This exhibition, entitled Order and Division, features a series of photorealistic oil paintings by the South African artist Gina Heyer.
This collection explores the concep...
Nairobi What's on
Accumulating Signs by Mimi Cherono Ng'ok
18 September-12 October 2012. This exhibition, entitled Accumulating Signs, by the Kenyan photographer Mimi Cherono Ng'ok, is displayed within the series Sasa Nairobi, dedicated to Kenyan contemporar...
Nairobi What's on
28-30 September 2012. The second edition of the Ngoma Jazz Festival focuses on instrumental artist in Kenya and East Africa.
Several local Jazz musicians and bands from different generations, such...
Cairo What's on
Lecture on The Philosophy of Bruno Latour
30 September 2012. On its 20th anniversary, the Philosophy Department of the American University of Cairo inaugurates a series of lectures and dedicates the first appointment to the Philosophy of Brun...
Cairo What's on
Lecture on Christian, Jewish Artisans in late 18th century
1 October 2012. The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilization organizes a lecture on Christian, Jewish Artisans in the late 18th Century.
Suraiya Faroqhi, German scholar, Ottoman historian and hi...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Film Projections at Goethe Institut
6 September-25 October 2012. Goethe Institut projects a series of international movies.
On 6 September it projects the South African movie Uhlanga (The Mark) by the director Ndaaba ka Ngawane, whic...
Cape Town What's on
4 September-6 October 2012. The Lilliput Children's Theatre Company presents this play for kids, entitled Rumpelstiltskin, directed by Elton John Duffy.
This classical fairy tale, written by the Br...
Cape Town What's on
Santa’s Story Show at the Fugard Theatre
29 August-9 September 2012. The Fugard Theatre hosts this one-woman show, entitled Santa’s Story, performed by the multi award-winning and internationally-acclaimed opera singer opera singer Avi...
Nairobi What's on
Theatrical Play: If I Were You
24 August-8 September 2012. The Phoenix Players present this theatrical play, entitled If I Were You and directed by Caroline Odongo.
It tells the story of an ordinary family, the Rodales, who hide...
Cairo What's on
16 August-15 September 2012. This exhibition, entitled Summer Selection, features a series of works by Ahmed Keshta, Ahmed Talal, Amr Kafrawy, Georges Bahgory, Fathi Afifi, Mohamed El-Fayoumi.
Bahg...
Accra What's on
25 August 2012. The New Music Ghana Festival is a concert, which aims to sustain young Ghanaian musicians and their music, inspired by the various musical traditions in Ghana.
On stage will be four...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
10-26 September 2012. This in house exhibition, entitled Words Lighted Up, features a selection of recent works by the illustrators Collins Mdachi and Abdul Gugu.
On this occasion these niche artis...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
2 September 2012. The German youth choir Vocal Freestyle from Gomaringen near Tűbingen will perform life a repertoire of gospels, jazz motets and classical songs at the St Albans Anglican Church....
Dar Es Salaam What's on
24 September-7 October 2012. This Contemporary Dance Festival, better known as Visa 2 Dance, gathers international dance companies and choreographers, who will perform life along with Tanzanian artist...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
25-28 September 2012. This theatrical play, written by Jens-Erwin Siemssen and entitled Atalanta 2012, documents the contemporary phenomenon of piracy in Somalia.
This documentary play stages marit...
Cape Town What's on
25 August 2012. This concert is performed by the internationally acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell, accompanied by the Stellenbosch Camerata.
His repertoire will include the Bach Double Concerto and...
Cape Town What's on
Concerts Series by the South African College of Music
7 August-16 November 2012. The Baxter Theatre hosts a rich programme of concerts, which will run throughout November, performed by students of the South African College of Music (SACM), founded in 191...
Nairobi What's on
At the Discovery of the Milky Way
6-13 September 2012. The Italian Cultural Institute presents this photographic exhibition, entitled The Milky Way through Science, History and Art.
Since many centuries the arc of the Milky Way, a...
