By Peterking Quaye, Monrovia, Liberia – DJ Black will be performing at the live show and at the Big Brother after party in Johannesburg. Ghana’s indefatigable Disc Jockey and one of Africa’s best, DJ Black will return to South Africa for the grand finale of the Big Brother Amplified reality TV series, after being a guest DJ on the show for the Saturday night house parties in June. Observation around city areas in Liberia reveals that many followers of the show are gearing up for the event and hoping that, one day a contestant from Liberia will participate as many... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – Liberia is not well known in the reggae music, and singing reggae has been a rare case, so far reggae musicians have found less comfort in Liberia in terms of music and popularity. One upcoming Liberia reggae artiste whose music is set to catapult the image of reggae music is A B Swaray .he started his professional singing career serving as a backing vocalist with season and top Ivorian musicians in Ivory Coast. He went from strength to strength to record his own album. His debut album is making waves in US in most of the... Continue Reading
SOWETO, GAUTENG, 25 JULY 2011 – South Africa’s first and biggest township-based wine festival, the successful 2011 Soweto Wine Festival, has signed up a 3-year headline sponsorship with South Africa’s largest liquor retail outlet, Tops at SPAR, adding serious punch to the growth of the festival. Says Ray Edwards, CEO Tops at Spar, “Tops at SPAR have, from inception, been on the cutting edge of innovation and now believe the time is right to begin an association with the Soweto Wine Festival. This market is a long ignored opportunity and we look forward to improving our brand equity through this headline sponsorship.”... Continue Reading
By Martin Chemhere – Johannesburg: The young but vibrant creative empowerment project is realizing huge growth with local media buzz leading to unprecedented awareness around Harare city and many parts of the country. Form today until the first week of August, Girlchildcreativity (www.girlchildcreativity.blogspot.com) will host a collaboration young females talent showcase and dinner in conjunction with the New Ambassador Hotel at the new hotel in Harare. Coming together are artists and students from 3 schools to participate in a performance for schools such as Hopely Farm, Premier College (Hatcliffe) and Chiedza Childcare centre from Mbare. Taking part are artists Elsa Kamsoda, Vasadza, Mutumwa... Continue Reading
By Martin Chemhere – Johannesburg: Wembley to Soweto, an exhibition of 50 photographs shot in 2010 in South Africa ended its exhibition run in London on 24 July after opening to wide media and public admiration. A 42 minutes long award-winning documentary that screened during the same month at the British Film Institute completes the multimedia show. “The reaction to the exhibition and film surpassed our wildest dreams,” said David Westhead director of Wilton Pictures the producers of the show and film. The exhibition opened to the public for free from 7 – 24 July, 2011 and displayed the unexpected... Continue Reading
