Angola: Actress Helena Palma Augusto Dies
[ANGOP] Luanda — Angolan actress Helena Palma Augusto passed away, in the early hours of Wednesday, in Luanda, victim of a cardiac arrest.
Nigeria: Federal Govt to Support Artists for Value, Market Creation
[Leadership] The National Gallery of Arts has pledged its support to visual artists, with a view to bridging the gaps between talent and end products as well creating value and markets for the products.
Nigeria: 2024 MUSON Festival to Begin 13 October in Lagos
[Premium Times] As is tradition, this year’s festival will feature an art exhibition, a musical brunch, drama, a MUSON Day Concert, a Jazz Night, and a Musiquest Children’s Competition, among other highlights.
Zimbabwe: Daisy Mtukudzi Wrecks Chivayo’s Top-of-the-Range Gift
[New Zimbabwe] LATE musician Oliver Mtukudzi’s widow, Daisy, has wrecked the 2024 Toyota Fortuner gifted to her by controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo just a week ago.
Rwanda: Kwita Izina 2024 Postponed
[New Times] Rwanda Development Board on Tuesday, October 8, announced the postponement of Kwita Izina 2024.
Uganda: Actor Daniel Kaluuya Honoured With Statue in London
[Nile Post] Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya has been celebrated with a statue in Leicester Square depicting his acclaimed performance in psychological horror film Get Out.
Africa: Did the Tumaini Initiative Exceed Its Mandate?
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debat…
Uganda: Lydia Mugambi’s Artistic Legacy Celebrated in Solo Show
[Independent (Kampala)] The selected artworks in the exhibition Imparted Impressions depict the artist’s distinctive style of painting influenced by European modernist art making techniques but also a delicate sense of freedom in choice of material, co…
Nigeria: Alake Plans Soyinka ‘Adire’ Village to Curb Influx of Foreign Fabrics
[Daily Trust] The Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has unveiled plans to establish the Prof. Wole Soyinka Adire Village as part of the drive to promote the locally made Adire/Kampala fabrics.
Zimbabwe: Moyo, Mlalazi Shine At Nigerian Gospel Awards
[The Herald] Tafadzwa Zimoyo — Zimbabwean music was put on the map last weekend in Nigeria when two gospel giants Dorcas Moyo and Everton Mlalazi scooped prestigious awards.