By Emeka Umejei – Fatima Jabbe, the Gambian actress, entrepreneur and politician, is believed to have carved a niche for herself being an inspiration to a new generation of Gambian youths who see her as a role model. In this interview with Correspondent, Emeka Umejei, held at the World Travel Market (WTM) Custom House, London, she speaks on her failed marriage, career and life. Your role in the famed Mirror Boy has won you several awards including British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Zulu African Film Academy Awards (ZAFAA) and so on, how does it feel It feels fantastic... Continue Reading
By Alfred Tembo – Governor for Bulawayo Cain Matema has called artist to respect their profession by attaining formal in their intended areas of interest in the industry. Matema said an education helps easy the retrogressive burden that rest on art and inflict the dynamics of professionalizing the industry as a whole. Matena who was called to task to officiate the launch of Kundai Munikwa (24), a Chinhoyi University of Technology student, at the National Arts Gallery last Friday. The Exhibition titled Spectrum: My Evolution show cased at least 19 classical pieces. The combination of her art is a combination of acrylic and... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – Liberian refugees living in Ghana will lose their status by June next year. The decision which is being implemented by the international community will cut aid supplies to the refugees. It could also see the closure of the Bububuram refugee camp. Programs Coordinator for the Ghana Refugee Board, Tetteh Padi, told a Shout-Africa.com source that the refugees will be forced to integrate if the deadline elapses. The first 95 Liberian refugees arrived in Ghana in 1990 but the number swelled up to 42,000 in 2004 according to a report by the United Nations High Commission for... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Gambian Correspondent – The opposition Gambia Moral Congress has said that last week’s reaction by the Government of the Gambia to the ECOWAS Commission for not sending its Election Observer mission to the 24th November presidential election lacks merit. A statement issued by the party and signed by its leader, Mai Ahmad Fatty, who returned home to join the opposition campaign trail ahead of the November polls, said the Government of The Gambia failed to address and respond to the specific issues contained in the ECOWAS press release. It said, among others, that the government failed to prove... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye ,Monrovia, Liberia – The three women will share the 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) award, to be presented Saturday at Oslo’s City Hall. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored women with the peace prize for the first time in seven years, and in selecting Karman it also recognized the Arab Spring movement championed by millions of often anonymous activists from Tunisia to Syria. It is on record that no woman or sub-Saharan African had won the prize since 2004, thereby making this award won by these Liberian worthy to celebrate and the whole Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to... Continue Reading
