Lagos What's on
26 May 2012. The Nigerian Film Corporation hosts the screening of the Nigerian movie Relentness, directed by Andy Amadi Okoroafor.
It tells the story of Obi a Nigerian peacekeeping soldier in war-t...
Accra What's on
14-28 June 2012. Two German movies will be screened within the series Thursday Films at Goethe Institut.
On 14 June at 19.00 Goethe will screen the movie Egoshooter by the famous director Wim Wende...
Cairo What's on
1-29 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Epic, displays the paintings by the Egyptian artist Medhat Shafik.
Shafik particularly likes to portray yellow deserts and colourful old markets from his co...
Cairo What's on
10 May-13 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled Dust: The Social Life of Endangered Spaces, displays a series of images by the Russian photographer Xenia Nikolskaya.
Her works explore Egypt's abando...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Sketches of Dar by Sarah Markes
24 May-8 June 2012. This exhibition, entitled Sketches of Dar, displays a series of drawings by the illustrator and graphic designer Sarah Markes.
The rich and colourful street life of Dar with its...
Nairobi What's on
15-31 May 2012. This exhibition by Kaafiri Kariuki is entitled Shades of Time. Kariuki critically portrays contemporary society in what he calls its ironic existence.
This Kenyan artist, who has be...
Addis Ababa What's on
Film Premiere on Climate Change
17 May 2012. Goethe Institut projects two new episodes of the television series The Little Investigators, which focus on the issue of climate change in Ethiopia.
These episodes, directed to young m...
Addis Ababa What's on
31 May-28 June 2012. This exhibition displays the works, which won the second edition of the famous Ethiopian arts competition Fana-Wogi.
This year the winners are Hirut Gizaw, Muluken Dessalegn an...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Judo championships in Dar es Salaam
Tanzania's first judo championship is scheduled to take place at the Landmark Hotel in the Kinondoni district of Dar es Salaam from 26-28 May.
The two-day event is organised by the Judokas Associat...
Arusha What's on
Tanzania's inaugural agribusiness fair is scheduled to take place at the Selian Agricultural Research Centre in Arusha on 8-9 June.
The theme of the two-day agricultural expo is "Promoting Agribusi...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
11-15 May 2012. This edition of the European Film Festival (EFF) aims to promote European culture and movies among the Tanzanian public as well as to update the European community in Tanzania among ac...
Cairo What's on
Drawings by Mustafa Abdel-Moati
26 April-27 May 2012. This exhibition displays the drawings by contemporary Egyptian artist Mustafa Abdel Moati, co-founder of the Egyptian Experimental Group in 1958.
Abdel-Moati does not follow f...
Cairo What's on
29 April-31 May 2012. This photographic exhibition features a selection of black and white photographs, taken in the early 1960s by Abdel Fattah Eid.
This images pay homage to the Nubian culture, b...
Cairo What's on
Paintings by paintings by Britt Boutros Ghali
26 April-15 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Transformation, displays the paintings by the Norwegian artist paintings by Britt Boutros Ghali.
This painter is well known for her vibrant abstract...
Cairo What's on
10 April-10 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Homage to Women, displays a selection of paintings by Nazli Madkour.
Madkour’s works are inspired by The Thousand and One Nights, written by Sh...
Accra What's on
18 May 2012. Goethe Institut hosts this concert by Burger Highlife, entitled Made in Germany – A Celebration of Burger Highlife, which brings together pioneers of Burger Highlife, such as George...
Accra What's on
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
31 May 2012. This artistic event brings together several works by various Ghanaian artists, who used different means of expression, ranging from fine to applied arts.
Their works are inspired by th...
Accra What's on
Environmental Film Festival 2012
11 June 2012. On occasion of this edition of the Environmental Film Festival (EFFA), Goethe Institut hosts the screening of the German documentary movie The 4th Revolution: "Energy Autonomy" by Carl A...
Cairo What's on
21 April-12 May 2012. The School of Sciences and Engineering of the American University of Cairo organizes, in collaboration with the Cambridge Science Festival, the third annual Cairo Science Festiva...
Cairo What's on
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3 May 2012. The Department of the Arts presents this play written by Dale Wasserman, entitled One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and based on a novel by Ken Kesey.
This tragic-comedy, directed by Mark...
