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Africa: Winners of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Announced

19.05.2008 21:12    allafrica.com
The two prize-winning books tell "stories of courage, endurance, hope and the power of the individual," say judges


Uganda: Tusker Project Fame - Hem is No Genius

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
ISN'T it high time all of us stopped over-hyping the apparent impasse between the judges and the rest of the Tusker Project Fame Academy? For some reason, it seems like everybody has been going on endlessly about the conduct of

Uganda: Apprentice Africa - Eunice Beats Nnamdi

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
BUT for Uganda's representative Deox and the fact that I accepted to pen this column paka last, I should have washed my hands off the whole Apprentice Africa thing.

South Africa: World Celebrates International Museum Day

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
A number of activities have been lined up for International Museum Day on Sunday with a number of museums in South Africa offering free entry on the day.

Rwanda: 10 to Contest for Miss NUR

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
Ten female students from the National University of Rwanda (NUR) have confirmed participation in this year's beauty pageant, John Peter Higiro, president of Campus Initiative Promotion (CIP), the organisers of the annual competition has revealed. "We put up a notice

Tunisia: Kairouan to Host the First "Maqroudh Festival"

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
The city of Kairouan which is known for its Islamic architecture and its rich handicraft sector, will host on May 20, 2008 its first festival of the "Maqroudh", a succulent brown sweet filled with dates, almonds, sesame seeds and honey

Tunisia: Centre of Arab And Mediterranean Music to Feature Rare Gathering of Classical And Modern Music

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
For its second edition, "Musicians of Tunisia" will offer a rare gathering of classical and contemporary artists. From May, 16 to 25, 2008 the inspiring setting of the palace of the Baron d'Erlanger in Sidi Bou Said, will feature performances

Nigeria: Group Drums Support for Ohakim's Anniversary

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
An Abuja based socio-cultural organisation, Imo Sons and Daughters (ISD), says it is mobilising indigenes of the state resident in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to turn out in large numbers for the special anniversary lecture being organised to mark

Uganda: Idols - Faycal in the Top 10

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
MARSHALL wasn't kidding when he said that Faycal's performance would blow us away, was he? Dude's rendition of Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love ensured that he stayed on our screens on a crazy little channel called M-Net. As Africans,

Nigeria: An Epitome of Success

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
The Cross River State born actress, Kate Henshaw remains one of Africa's most talented screen personality. Born in the seventies to a close knit family of four children, Kate is the first born with two boys and one girl as

Zimbabwe: Vee Drops Another One

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
Hundreds of revelers braved the evening chill to witness the launch of Odirile 'Vee' Sento's latest album, Stimela, last weekend at Chez Ntemba outside Mogoditshane in Botswana.

Uganda: First Citizen Evicted From Tusker Academy

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
Winfrey Nanyonjo became Uganda's first contestant to be evicted out of the Tusker Project Fame Academy on Saturday.

Nigeria: NCMM Boss Demands Museum of Unity in FCT

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
The director general of the national commission for museums and monuments (NCMM), Mr. Akingun Roberts has called for the creation of a museum of unity in Abuja.

Nigeria: Cannes is the United Nation for Film Makers - NFC Boss

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
Cannes film festival has been described as the 'United Nations' for film practitioners in the world. The Managing Director/Chief Executive of Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Afolabi Adesanya, who made the statement, said the Cannes festival is the biggest in the

Tanzania: Sullivan Delegates to Grace Miss Njiro Pageant

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
Miss Njiro beauty pageant, a prelude to the coveted Miss Arusha title hunt, will be staged at the newly opened Matongee Carnival Park on May 31. About 12 hopefuls will perform the catwalk.

Zimbabwe: Cont Could Aim to Be the Good President

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
CELEBRATED playwright and actor, Cont Mhlanga, might have been speaking as a politician in most of his productions, but in an unexpected turn of events he has turned into a real politician -- clinching a council seat in Lupane in

Zimbabwe: Studio 263 Scriptwriter's Star Soars

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
It seldom happens to many and few can boast of it happening to them simply because they were at the right place at the right time. But it actually happened to Blessing Hungwe. He is one of a few hand

Tanzania: Museum to Award Creative Students This Sunday

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
Sunday, May 18 Arusha joins the rest of the world in marking the International Museum Day. Some 32 local students will be awarded at the Arusha Declaration Museum.

Zimbabwe: Guzha Shines in Smith-Mugabe Play

19.05.2008 16:20    allafrica.com
THEATRE producer and actor, Daves Guzha, attempted the "impossible" in staging a one-man show -- and succeeded.

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