We’ve been celebrating the achievements African women and today we introduce yet another remarkable young woman, Tomi Adeyemi. The 23 year-old Nigerian author of Children of Blood and Bone landed a movie deal with Fox studios. The movie deal is one of the biggest for a debut fantasy with Fox studios and it will be part of a trilogy.
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Arts and Culture South African wonder artist: Percy Maimela
Percy Maimela is one of South Africa’s talented artists making waves. The 32 year-old artist whose portrait of Joe Mafela, which he created with salt went viral. A man of many talents, Maimela also reproduced the first coloured picture of the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Hector Pieterson.
Arts and Culture Greeting from the Kilimanjaro Summit
Greetings from Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest freestanding mountain on earth. It has three volcanic cones, “Kibo”, “Mawenzi”, and “Shira”. The mountain attracts 50 000 climbers every year.
Arts and Culture Greetings from Fort Jesus in Mombasa
Today we visit Fort Jesus in Mombasa, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century. Fort Jesus is now a popular destination for foreign and local tourists. As well as a tourist destination. We share with you some pictures of the fort.
Arts and Culture A tribute to Joe Mafela in salt drawing
South African salt artist Percy Flex Maimela paid tribute to Joe Mafela, the recently deceased South African veteran actor in the most ingenious of fashions- using salt. Maimela’s portraits and artwork using salt are exquisite. No other better tribute could be given to Joe Mafela, a man worth his salt. Maimela’s artwork and remarkable talent is making waves, and we are also in awe at his talent.
Arts and Culture Greetings from one of the best preserved forests on the continent: Nyungwe
Greetings from Nyungwe forest, arguably the best preserved montane rainforest in Central Africa, located in the beautiful country of Rwanda. It spreads over 1,020km² in the southwest corner of Rwanda, at the border with Burundi, to the south, and Lake Kivu and the Democratic […]
Arts and Culture South Africa loses legend Joe Mafela
Veteran South African actor Joe Mafela died in a car accident on the 18th of March, and the nation is mourning the huge loss of a star, whose ineffable talent made him the darling of the country. South Africans who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s attribute part of the joys of their childhood to Mafela. Condolences messages continue to be posted on social media.
Arts and Culture Mali struggles to save priceless cultural artifacts from traffickers
Mali is struggling to save priceless cultural artifacts from traffickers who are destroying the country’s most precious cultural heritage. The traffickers who steal, and then sell rare works to collectors are targeting Bamako National Museum, which holds many important artifacts from Timbuktu and Gao, threatening to obliterate the country’s rich religious and cultural heritage.
Arts and Culture Sir Derek Walcott dies at age 87: Tributes pour in for St. Lucian poet
St. Lucian poet and playwright, Sir Derek Alton Walcott died today at his home at Cap Estate at the age of 87. The 1992 Nobel laureate for Literature had been hospitalised for a while. Walcott, who is arguably the greatest writer from the Caribbean first trained as a painter under Harold Simmons. He was the second Caribbean writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature after Saint-John Perse won it in 1960. The continent joins the world in mourning the death of a Caribbean literary icon and tributes continue to pour in.