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Africa prepares for carnival season

afrol News, 1 March - Africa's many carnivals are not the most internationally known, but Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique carnivals have long traditions. Newcomer Seychelles this year offers a tourism-adapted carnival.
Seychelles
Seychelles to organise "prestigious" carnival

afrol News, 2 November - Seychelles is planning an international carnival scheduled to take place in its capital Victoria in March 2011, echoing the time when Seychelles first became a melting pot of different cultures from the entire world.
Botswana
Botswana independence festivities moved by rare birds

afrol News, 1 October - For the 44th time, Batswana citizens this week celebrated their independence. Also in Maun, close to the Okavango Delta, traditions were upheld - although they had to be moved to protect a rare bird.
Congo Kinshasa | World
Congo's Staff Benda Bilili on big tour

afrol News, 28 June - The heart-warming Kinshasa street musicians group Staff Benda Bilili is starting a breath taking summer tour, visiting 56 stages and festivals in Europe, Japan and Canada.
Africa | Kenya
African music awards to boost war against AIDS

afrol News, 9 October - Music stars at this weekend’s MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) in Nairobi, Kenya, can have a significant impact in educating young people about HIV and changing their behaviour, a top UNAIDS official said today.
Africa
PUMA unveils 2010 African football team kits

afrol News, 8 October - Sporting brand, PUMA, has today unveiled the 2010 Football Kits for the eleven African teams it sponsors, ahead of the African Cup of Nations to be hosted by Angola early next year.
World | Zambia
Zambian artist competing for $83,000 in Norway

afrol News, 9 September - A Zambian artist, Anawana Haloba of Livingstone, along with three other young artists - the Norwegians Ida Ekblad, Marius Engh, and Lars Laumann - have been nominated for the StatoilHydro art award 2009. The US$ 83,000 prize will be awarded in Oslo, Norway in December.
South Africa | World
SA designer to show at New York fashion week

afrol News, 4 September - A young South African designer, David Tlale, will be showing his latest collection at the Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week taking place in Bryant Park, New York on 11 September 2009. His show will form part of the Promise of Africa Collective Show, together with designers Tiffany Amber, Jewel by Lisa and Eric Raisina.
Burkina Faso | Cape Verde
Burkina, Cape Verde seek first UNESCO inscription

afrol News, 4 June - Later this month, it will be decided whether Burkina Faso and Cape Verde get their first-ever cultural monuments inscribed in UNESCO's prestigious World Heritage List. The submitted proposals include Cape Verde's ancient capital, founded in 1462, and the 11th century stone ruins in Loropéni, Burkina Faso.
Western Sahara
Sahrawis launch national television

afrol News, 21 May - Western Sahara has become the last African nation to launch its official national broadcaster, heading its operations from the Algerian refugee camps where most of the Sahrawi population lives.
» 11.05.2009 - Tanzanian artists join in the theme art work for Europe week
» 06.05.2009 - Nigerian filmmakers making a global mark
» 10.03.2009 - Ancient gold found in Egyptian tomb
» 19.02.2009 - Kenya to host new Africa reality TV show
» 13.11.2008 - Namibian beer wins gold medal
» 11.11.2008 - Egypt discover ancient pyramid
» 06.06.2008 - Algerian singer Khaled "assaulted in Morocco"
» 29.06.2007 - South Africa fails to get World Heritage listing
» 06.03.2007 - Ghana celebrates 50 years of independence
» 02.03.2007 - Nollywood absent in Africa's Fespaco film festival
» 23.02.2007 - Bissau carnivals claim 8 lives
» 16.02.2007 - No controversy to stop Ghana's 50th anniversary
» 15.01.2007 - Ethiopia gears up for millennium party
» 19.06.2006 - Generous herdsmen of Niger honoured by UNESCO
» 04.05.2006 - African contemporary art festival to open in Dakar
» 01.03.2006 - Nigeria gears up for 1st Zuma Film Festival
» 24.02.2006 - Carnival starts in Mindelo, Cape Verde
» 30.11.2005 - Tourists welcomed to SA's "Cradle of Humankind"
» 01.08.2005 - Beninese artist exposes African injustice in Europe
» 30.03.2005 - Intrafrika+ art exhibition culminates in Cameroon
» 07.03.2005 - South Africa's "Drum" wins at Fespaco
» 04.03.2005 - First "African Poetry Market" opens in Ouagadougou
» 03.03.2005 - Ouagadougou culture life blossoms during Fespaco
» 01.03.2005 - Finances discussed at pan-African film festival
» 28.02.2005 - Two killed as Burkina Faso film festival opens
» 22.02.2005 - Africa gets own MTV channel today
» 10.02.2005 - South Africa's Robben Island hosts Valentine's weddings
» 03.02.2005 - Cape Verde's Cesária Évora receives prizes
» 17.12.2004 - New book celebrates Miriam Makeba
» 13.10.2004 - "Alcohol ban behind Lesotho arts festival failure"
» 30.09.2004 - Next year's carnival prepared in Guinea-Bissau
» 12.06.2004 - Miriam Makeba honoured at US-Africa event
» 09.06.2004 - Post-genocide exhibition concludes Rwanda tour
» 02.04.2004 - Carnival to promote cultural tourism in Nigeria
» 19.03.2004 - Walvis Bay celebrates 10 years re-integration into Namibia
» 12.01.2004 - World Slavery Abolition Year launched in Ghana

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