Nigeria: Groovy, Sheggz, Hermes Evicted From #BBNaija
[Premium Times] Following the eviction of the trio, Adekunle, Bella, Phyna, Daniella, Chichi and Bryann have made the finale.
Nigeria: #2022GlobalCitizenFestival Campaign to End Extreme Poverty Hits $2.4bn
[Leadership] World’s largest movement of action takers and impact makers dedicated to ending extreme poverty now, Global Citizen, has said that its 2022 Global Citizen Festival campaign has culminated in over $2.4 billion in commitments to end extreme …
Nigeria: BBNaija 7 – Grovy, Sheggz, Hermes Evicted As Chichi, Phyna, 5 Others for Finale
[Leadership] Three housemates of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show Season 7, were on Sunday night evicted from the House as the show enters its final week.
Nigeria: Global Citizen Festival 2022 – Usher’s Performance With Oxlade, Tiwa Savage – Other Highlights
[Premium Times] Usher, the show’s top performer, brought Nigerian artists Oxlade, Pheelz and Tiwa Savage on stage at different times.
Africa: Hilary Mantel Was One of the Great Voices of Historical Fiction – and So Much More
[The Conversation Africa] Dame Hilary Mantel was a writer of immense skill and originality, and her death represents an incalculable loss to British literature. She will be chiefly remembered for her trilogy on the life of the Tudor politician Thomas C…
Morocco: Morocco, Cote d’Ivoire Establish Roadmap to Boost Film Co-Production
[MAP] Tangier — A medium-term roadmap has been developed to boost co-production and film production between Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire, Acting Director of the Moroccan Film Center (CCM), Khalid Saidi, said on Friday in Tangier.
Nigeria: The African Prints Party Honours Mai Atafo At Maiden Edition
[Vanguard] Foremost fashion designer, Mai Atafo added a new feather to his cap as he was recently recognised for his contributions to the fashion industry in Nigeria and beyond at the maiden edition of The African Prints Party (TAPP2022).
Rwanda: Taking African Fashion to the World – the Story of Maryse Mbonyumutwa
[New Times] A few days ago, social media was awash with photos of a shop selling high end African-inspired apparel on Soho, one of the most affluent business areas in London, where the world of fashion converges.
South Africa: Heritage Day – ‘I Want to Call Out Their Names One By One’
[UCT] “I want to call out their names one by one, as a way in which we don’t forget them,” art curator Nontobeko Ntombela said of the 45 black women artists exhibited at the Norval Foundation gallery. Co-curated by Ntombela and Dr Portia Malatjie, it i…
Africa: Return of Looted Artefacts to Africa
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda — The conversation on the return of African art, popularly known as tribal artefacts by art scholars, has once again resurfaced in recent times. A few weeks ago, the Uganda Tourism Association asked for an estab…