Zimbabwe: King Kandoro Unveils Monthly Comedy Night ‘The New School’ to Launch Zimbabwe’s Next Generation of Comics
[New Zimbabwe] After blazing a trail last year, comedian King Kandoro has curated a comedy concept aimed at providing a platform for upcoming comedians.
South Africa: Discovery in South Africa Holds Oldest Evidence of Mixing Ingredients to Make Arrow Poison
[The Conversation Africa] In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old. X-rays revealed that three modified bone arrowheads had bee…
Southern Africa: Five Artists, Five Nations – Taking to the Road to Find Southern Africa’s Hidden Stories
[The Conversation Africa] Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia – in pursuit of hidden stories. His mission was …
Zimbabwe: Ai Threatens Linguistic Diversity
[The Herald] Cultural diversity and biodiversity are often discussed in parallel, and for good reason.
Zimbabwe: Your Guide to Stylish, Comfortable Summer Office Wear
[The Herald] If you’re still in holiday mode but have returned to work, you’re probably tempted to go into the office wearing your shorts and flip-flops.
South Africa: K Sello Duiker, a Rock Star of South African Literature, Died 20 Years Ago. How His Work Lives On
[The Conversation Africa] K. Sello Duiker was regarded as a “rock star” of South African literature. He was one of a group of budding black South African novelists of the late 1990s and early 2000s who emerged with democracy in 1994. They stirred up th…
Namibia: Academic Condescension, Dubious Impulses in Genocide Volume
[Namibian] Academics Martha Akawa, Andreas Eckl and Matthias Häussler offer a collection of pieces in ‘An Unresolved Issue: Genocide in Colonial Namibia’, published by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Windhoek.
South Africa: Can Old Racists Change? Book Tracks Seven Years in a South African Nursing Home
[The Conversation Africa] God’s Waiting Room: Racial Reckoning at Life’s End is a beautifully written and intimate book about the characters in an old age home in South Africa. To write it, anthropologist Casey Golomski spent seven years travelling bet…
Zimbabwe: 23rd Nama Awards Performing Artists Selection Criteria Explained
[The Herald] In a significant development for the annual National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA), event managers have invited artists to come on board and showcase their talents.
Zimbabwe: Cuba to Hand Over Artefacts to Liberation Museum
[The Herald] Cuba will this week hand over a variety of artefacts for display at the Museum of African Liberation, which is being constructed by the Institute of African Knowledge (INSTAK) with Government support.