By Alfred Tembo – Music is Zimbabwe most celebrated art form that has witnesses most artist travelling across the world to illustration what they are made of nevertheless the music continues to be celebrated leaving out the instrument manufactures out of the celebration for a half victory in candidly serve as custodian of preserving the nation’s tradition. Traditional classics composing of pure African instrument and orientation that grips the international audience, with our own Stella Chiweshe, Chiwoniso Marare, Dudu Manhenga being among prominent musicians taking a lead in exporting the service to diasporas. These musicians have taken the podium as... Continue Reading
November 23rd, Tarifa, Spain – Three brand new African film projects from Burkina Faso, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo found their producers at this year´s 3rd África Prouce Co-Production Forum and thus are able to enter into pre-production phase. África Produce, the only co-production forum for African films in Spain, took place in June within the 8th Tarifa African Film Festival (FCAT) in Spain. On top of that one of these three projects – The Boda Boda Thieves – was awarded the 60 000 euros grant at Berlinale co-production forum last week. Feature-length project “The Boda Boda Thieves” (Uganda,... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Cameroon correspondent – The stories of diverse cultures are being told in masks and puppets as the eighth edition of the festival goes underway in Douala. The eighth International Festival of Masks and Puppetry (marionette), to run from November 15-19, opened in Douala Tuesday. The world of masks and puppets as it was at the French Cultural Centre November 15 was a crazy one, consisting mainly of curious onlookers. The object of curiosity was nothing more than a stage performance of masked men and women telling the story of entry into Cameroon with and without a visa and... Continue Reading
By Charles Nhamo Rupare – Born in 1981 in Zimbabwe, Kudzanai Chiurai is an internationally acclaimed artist now living and working in Johannesburg South Africa. He was the first black student to graduate with a BA in Fine Art from the University of Pretoria. Highly regarded as a leading voice of his generation, Kudzi has made a name for himself as a thought provoking artist who uses his art to highlight the many fallacies of our continent with specific focus on African leaders and culture. Chiurai’s early work focused on the political, economic and social strife in his homeland and... Continue Reading
By Charles Nhamo Rupare – We are all part of a collective struggle. I say this on good authority and many who realise that being an Afrikan means living on the fringes of the free share my viewpoint. We need to build one another to totally break free. The xenophobic attacks witnessed in South Afrika demonstrated the ‘brokenness’ of our way. We all know that Zimbabwe and Mozambique helped South Afrika attain its freedom. These two nations, amongst others reached out in solidarity and unity during the dark days of apartheid. Our grandfathers worked in mines, gardens and kitchens of... Continue Reading
