Greetings from the The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), said to be the only place on earth where mankind and wild animals co-exist in harmony. The area reportedly has over 25,000 large animals. Enjoy views from this famous resort in pictures.
Arts, Culture and Sport
Arts, Culture and Sport Remembering The Queen of African Pop: Brenda Fassie
On this day, the African music industry lost a legend with the passing on of Brenda Nozolla Fassie, popularly known to her fans as “MaBrrr”. We celebrate the life of the doyenne of South African music. Today we remember the music icon by sharing our five best songs.
Arts, Culture and Sport Lagos celebrates with a Fela-inspired comedy of ironies
To celebrate its 50th anniversary Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, showcased a Broadway musical based on the life of its most famous cultural icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Yet the state is in the process of illegally demolishing slum settlements to make way for luxury real estate developments, perpetuating exactly the kind of oppression that Fela stood against.
Arts, Culture and Sport Zimbabwe In Design: An Exhibition of Lost Traditions
Harare International Festival of the Arts: In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Zimbabwe’s National Art Gallery staged an exhibition titled ‘Zimbabwe In Design’. Tadzoka Pswarayi was there and shares her insights.
Arts, Culture and Sport Nigeria’s Romeo Oriogun awarded Brunel International African Poetry Prize
Nigeria’s Romeo Oriogun was announced the winner of the The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, in a unanimous decision by the judges. Oriogun received £3,000. Romeo’s win came as a surprise to him. The Brunel International African Poetry prize received 1,200 submissions out of which only 10 made the shortlist. We wish him the best in his literary career.
Arts, Culture and Sport Interview: Talking to performance artist Jelili Atiku
Arguably one of the most high profile cases for freedom of creative expression to occur during 2016 involved the performance artist Jelili Atiku, a prominent member of the Lagos art community, a Prince Claus Award winner and a member of Arterial Network Nigeria. Atiku was arrested as a result of a public performance held in January 2016.
Arts, Culture and Sport Osborne Macharia: Kenyan digital artist and photographer making waves
Afro-futurism: Osborne Macharia synthesizes a contemporary African urban aesthetic that is bold innovative and thought evoking, transporting African history and culture into a futuristic utopia.
Arts, Culture and Sport Rhodes University PhD graduate Hleze Kunju writes thesis in isiXhosa
Dr Hleze Kunju wrote his doctoral thesis in isiXhosa, Rhodes University’s first isiXhosa authored PhD thesis. The act has been described as a milestone. With recent agitations for the incorporation of African languages into the education system, Dr Kunju’s remarkable accomplishment could give impetus to efforts to transform South Africa’s education system.
Arts, Culture and Sport Greetings From The Fulani people in West Africa
Greetings as we visit the Fulani people (also called Peul or Fulbe) from West Africa, the largest nomadic group in the world. The ethnic group is diverse, with people who were conquered and became a part of the Fulani through the spread of Islam. The Fulani people are scattered from Lake Chad in the east to the Atlantic coast. You will find them mainly in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Senegal, and Niger. Their language, Fula, belongs to the Niger-Congo language family.