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Culture - Arts | Travel - Leisure
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
Travel - Leisure | Culture - Arts
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
Culture - Arts | Environment - Nature
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
Culture - Arts
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
Society | Culture - Arts | Health
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.

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» 09.09.2009 - Zambian artist competing for $83,000 in Norway
» 04.09.2009 - SA designer to show at New York fashion week
» 04.06.2009 - Burkina, Cape Verde seek first UNESCO inscription
» 21.05.2009 - Sahrawis launch national television
» 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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