By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published June 29, 2010
I SING OF A WELL, a film set in the ancient Ghana Empire that seeks protection against slave raiders from an equally ancient Mali Empire under Mansa Musa, won two awards—Achievement in Sound and Achievement in Costume—during the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards in Nigeria in April 2010. It had [...]
By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published June 27, 2010
Thirty years after he embarked on the search for cultural initiatives to accelerate the process of integrating faith with African cultures within Christian churches in Kenya, Fr Pietro Caggiano’s quest is no longer a mere dream: the first Festival of Christian Arts in Kenya was held at Tangaza College in [...]
By Ogova Ondego
Published June 24, 2010
STATE OF VIOLENCE, the debut fiction film by South African Khalo Matabane is slated to open the 31st Durban International Film Festival (July 22-August 1, 2010) in KwaZulu-Natal.
STATE OF VIOLENCE is the story of a man whose wife is murdered in what seems like a random act of violence. The [...]
By Amanda Wheat
Published June 22, 2010
The BP oil spill is an environmental catastrophe for the US, but its consequences will move far beyond the Gulf of Mexico and into the heart of West Africa. If the US places stronger regulations on domestic oil production, the world will look to exploit offshore drilling in West Africa. [...]
By Tourism-Review.Com
Published June 20, 2010
Apart from the Nelson Mandela mystique, the struggle and the resilience of the people against discriminatory Apartheid and the FIFA World Cup 2010 that is taking place in the country, South Africa is also the country of unrivalled natural beauty and striking wilderness. Here are the top 10 places worth seeing [...]
By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published June 18, 2010
It was an awesome experience for young audiences at the PCEA Enchoro Emuny Primary School as the mobile Cinetoile African Film Network implemented by Lola Kenya Screen in conjunction with Africalia, the Belgian Development Cooperation and the European Union got to this middle class private institution. The sight of the [...]
By Ogova Ondego
Published June 16, 2010
DISCOP Africa, a three-day event aimed at providing African audiovisual media content producers access to both the domestic and the international market, holds in Nairobi, Kenya, September 1-3, 2010.
Billed as sub-Saharan Africa’s most established TV market, DISCOP 4 organisers announced on June 14, 2010 that more than 120 buyers had [...]
By Bethsheba Achitsa
Published June 12, 2010
It was a daunting task as the Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media initiative for children and youth in Eastern Africa arrived in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi in order to share films with the residents. This was the first of 10 Cinetoile African Film Network’s shows initiated by [...]
By Tourism-Review.Com
Published June 11, 2010
South African hotels and hostels are set to raise their prices by as much as 300% during the World Cup. They see the world’s biggest sporting event as a great opportunity to rake in massive amounts of cash at the expense of those visiting their country to support their team.
It is [...]
By Rachel Pollock
Published June 8, 2010
African Digital Diaries, a grassroots project aimed at showcasing hundreds of Africans to be known as “Online Heroes”, was launched in Lusaka, Zambia, on May 27, 2010 during the eLearning Africa 2010 Conference. RACHEL POLLOCK reports.
The African Digital Diaries will appear on an open and free website using podcasts, blogs, [...]
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