This Friday the 4th of June, US-based artist, Akim Funk Buddha creates a fascinating musical and visual experience with a live interactive Urban Theatrical. To be presented at Summer Stage Von King Park, the Flying Boom Box takes audiences along the passionate journey of a young Hip Hop artist growing up in NYC. When the trials of city life and peer pressure reveal, he finds sanctuary in his Boom Box. By chance he discovers that his Boom Box is ”magical” and by manipulating the electromagnetic field of sound waves from his tape deck, he can navigate himself through time. He... Continue Reading
By Simon Reeves The prestigious British magazine, The Economist recently named President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia’s best president ever. This is not the first time that Mrs. Sirleaf has been praised in the international press. Sometime ago, the equally respected New Statesman magazine selected her as one of the world’s top 50 influential persons. Read the entire Economist’s article( published on May 20) titled Another round for Africa’s Iron Lady: When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia in 2005, she promised to step down as head of state after one six-year term. Now, however, the 71-year-old former World... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – Cape Town – Colleagues of South African journalist Gadijah Davids were waiting for word on where she was being kept on Tuesday, after she was detained by Israeli forces who intercepted the Gaza-bound aid ferry she was travelling on. “We don’t know about her whereabouts. The Department of International Relations contacted her mom to say she is alive, but we have had no indication of her whereabouts,” Cape-based Radio786 programme director Mansur Modak told Sapa. Davids was one of over 600 people, including members of parliament, reporters, entertainers and human rights activists, who travelled with the six-ship... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News Mogadishu — Reports in the Daily Nation say Government forces in Hiran region in Central Somalia have early yesterday launched an attack on the loyalists of Hizbu Islam, one of the radical Islamist groups opposing the Transitional Federal Government in Beleweyne Town, 335 kilometres north of Mogadishu. Ahmed Abdallah Inji, the commander of government forces said they captured positions previously held by the rebel group. He said the clashes started at Eel Gaal Village, 10km north of the town. Residents in the affected area confirmed government forces with the support of followers of Ahlu Sunna wal-Jamea, a moderate... Continue Reading
By Edmund Kagire / Shout-Africa News President Paul Kagame was among over 30 African Heads of State attending the 25th France-Africa Summit which opened yesterday in Nice, France. In his welcome address, French President Nicholas Sarkozy said that Europe and Africa were inextricably linked and highlighted the indispensability of Africa in resolving the major issues currently affecting the world. Gabon’s President Ali Bongo and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France. “Africa is our future. For a long time on the periphery, the African continent is asserting itself more and more as a major player in international life France and Europe need... Continue Reading
