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Best news of the week so far! Alice Walker is coming to South Africa!
Source: http://www.whatsonsa.co.za
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A fabulous story about two of Soweto's most fabulous characters - a happy smile in a week of only bad news from South Africa.
Source: Voice of America
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Much as local fashion designers appear to be popular on the social scene, the growth of the fashion industry is still below par. However, there are signs that the sector is on a steady path to growth.
Source: Daily Monitor
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Brilliant idea, great concept, some good news on a continent that, today, seems to hoover somewhere between anxiety and despair.
Source: Reuters
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Here are the list of authors taking part in the project: http://book.co.za/blog/2010/06/10/chimurenga-launches-pilgrimages-in-conjunction-with-the-chinua-achebe-center-for-african-writers-and-its-15th-issue/
by Estelle 4 weeks 5 days agoHere are the list of authors taking part in the project: http://book.co.za/blog/2010/06/10/chimurenga-launches-pilgrimages-in-conjunction-with-the-chinua-achebe-center-for-african-writers-and-its-15th-issue/
by Estelle 4 weeks 5 days agoSee who will be writing for the project! Exciting! http://book.co.za/blog/2010/06/10/chimurenga-launches-pilgrimages-in-conjunction-with-the-chinua-achebe-center-for-african-writers-and-its-15th-issue/
by Estelle 4 weeks 5 days ago/5/
Since I was born I loved animals... having the chance of traveling were ever I want I never travel to the place I want!...
There are a lot of path in the word, Like the Santiago de compostela, "el camino del Inca" "the Everet" the chinesse wall... but I want to make my own path in Africa... knowing the "what is it I am here for" .We were told that when we are child we know more than we are older... so.. I am asking the Universe were is My path in Africa.. were to start? shoud it be the Congo REP. I read a book, long time ago... can't rememberd it's name... about a history of alady in the congo...I love Maria Teresa de Calcuta... were Shoud I start!? LOVE THE CONECCTIon with the animals!... wild word if there is a wild place in earth...
Monica M. Fernandez
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/6/
Production of Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot" with Sir Ian Mckellen will open today in one of South Africa's biggest townships with the audience paying what they can spare for tickets. Innovative theatre! Great news for a Monday!
Source: The Guardian
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/7/
Overview of Rwanda's festival of dance that opened on July 24.
Source: Africa Review
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/8/
Nigerian author, Nobel Literature Laureate and UNESCO ambassador Wole Soyinka will be at the Cape Town Book fair at the end of this month. Here is his itinerary.
Source: Book Southern Africa
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/9/
A new focus on life in South Africa from a supremely talented photographer.
Source: The Picture Show
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/10/
As the world's attention turn once again to oil spills, the much-neglected tragedy of the Niger Delta pollution is finally getting some attention.
Source: Africa Review
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/11/
The Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania is expected to attract films from 43 countries to the annual event scheduled on July 10 to July 18.
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It is because of such annual film festivals that have seen to the inclusion of local films on local cinemas here in Kenya. It was such a shame to have celebrated local filmmakers whose works were not locally viewed.
by Juliet 5 weeks 5 days ago/12/
As South Africa gears up for the games, government funding for arts initiatives dries up
Source: The Art Newspaper
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/13/
Jeremy Ossenberg, an 18-year-old Kenyan art student, did the eight-by-three metre mural in just six months for a 25-marks art test, that has left tongues wagging...
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On NewBusinessEthiopia.com Ende'ab from Bahir Dar raises his concern about the problem of noise pollution and how this neglected public hazard has the potential to create disharmony and (religious) conflict among a large segment of the people in the city.
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/16/
Young Ethiopian filmmakers Yared Shumete wins Democracy Video Challenge. Congratulations!
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