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South Africa: Baileys Trunk Show to Champion Buying Local in Style
Baileys liqueur has collaborated with some of South Africa's most talented emerging fashion designers to create the Baileys Trunk Show, a temporary exhibition and retail space. The event provides an exclusive opportunity for the public to talk to designers about their work and purchase selected items from their newly launched 2009 summer collections.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:43

Angola: Damásio's New Album Sold Out At First Public Presentation
The Angolan musician Matias Damásio on Sunday, in Luanda, sold 9,000 out of the 10,000 copies edited by MG Produções of his latest album, at the public presentation and autographs session held by the gate of Atlântico Cinema, in Luanda.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:23

Angola: Culture Minister Considers Solidarity Show Magnificent
The Angolan Culture minister, Rosa Cruz e Silva, said the Saturday evening music show was a magnificent gesture of the Angolan people's solidarity with Cuba, victims of hurricanes.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:23

Angola: Cuban Songstress Delighted At Angolan Public
The vocalist of the Cuban all-female band "Caramelo Son", Danaisis Carrillo, said Saturday evening, in Luanda, that she felt absolutely delighted at the Angolan people's active participation in the concert of solidarity to the victims of the hurricanes that recently hit her country.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:23

Ethiopia: Leather, Textile Consortium Puts Country in High-End Fashion Directory
At a fashion trade show in New York this September, top international retailers, including Barneys New York, ordered more than 500 products from the Ethiopian leather goods and textiles consortium.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:09

Is It a Wrap for Country's Wannabe Rapper Takondwa?
If there is a God up there interested in saving souls of those who have sacrificed their fellow housemates to save themselves, then he should come to the rescue of Takondwa. For apart from divine intervention, TK is sure going to face the housemates' wrath, come this evening.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:01

Shs10m for NTV's Hotsteps Dance Contest Winner
If you think you are all that when it comes to dancing, then there is an avenue for you to showcase your talent and get paid for it. NTV's dance reality show Hotsteps is back for the second season and dancers will be competing for a Shs10m purse.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:01

Chamuka for Scribes
If all work and no play made Jack a dull boy, luck and partying perhaps made Daily Monitor's Joseph Olanyo a winner. On Friday, after a day's work, Olanyo honoured a Chamuka Media Evening bash invite to Club Pa Lui.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 17:01

Africa: Big Brother Africa Three - Lucille Rocks the Club!
OUR girl Lucille is back with a bang and boy did she get some 'love in the club' on Friday night.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:48

Kampala Ready for First Jazz Festival
One of the latest interests for Kampalans happens to be Jazz. From home-grown jazz artistes like Pragmo and Isaiah Katumwa to international jazz artistes like Joachim Schonecker, Kampala is enjoying a jazz renaissance of sorts. And this weekend, for the first time in Uganda, there will be a two-day Jazz Festival.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:34

Uganda: I Can't Deny My Ancestry
I'm Nubian and one of the grandchildren of the late Idi Amin Dada. My name is Ugly, Abbass Amin told Dennis D. Muhumuza
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:34

Zimbabwe: Baya to Publish His Best Plays
Controversial playwright Raisedon Baya will next month publish a collection of some of his best plays that have over the years provoked the wrath of the government for their hard- hitting social commentary.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:32

Nigeria: Pavarotti - Group Condemns Concert Sponsorship
A socio-political group based in Owerri, the Imo Democratic Congress (IDC), has condemned in strong terms Imo State government sponsorship of one year anniversary concert held in honour of Italian musician, Signor Pavarotti, an event which held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja penultimate week.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:13

Africa: Powell Speaks for Africa At ThisDay Festival
All is now set for the grand finale of the 2008 THISDAY Music and Fashion Festival holding at Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom, with former United States Secretary of State, General Colin Powell, scheduled to talk on the Festival's theme of "Africa Rising".
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 16:02

Zimbabwe: Chimurenga Category Scrapped
ZIMBABWE Music Awards have scrapped the Chimurenga music category and replaced it with the socially conscious lyrics category, an official said last week.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 15:30

Zimbabwe: Eric Moyo Recording Debut Album
Eric Moyo, the East and Southern Africa Idols winner is in South Africa recording his debut album with SonyBMG.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 15:30

Nigeria: Quo Vadis Raises Music Star
Quo Vadis Music and Entertainment, fast rising music star Osho, is out with a smash single,titled Mind blower {Yanga Dem}. This single is indeed blowing minds of musical lovers in Nigeria and in the United kingdom. Osho is being managed in the UK,by Drew management UK, run by one of the top Nigerian promoter in the UK, Drew Uyi Ogboimode, who currently manages Faze and a host of other big artiste in the UK.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 14:52

Uganda: Police Stop Bobi Wine Show Over Terror Fears
Singer Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine's much-touted music fete was on Friday night ended prematurely after police halted any further performances on the orders of the Division Police Commander Jinja road police station, Joel Aguma.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 14:04

Uganda: Nemo Judy Brings a New Style to the Local Music Industry
Nemo Judy isn't a name well known on the local music scene but having listened to her music; you will realise that there is something distinctive about her voice.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 14:04

Nigeria: Academy Celebrates Brenda's Birthday
It was a moment of excitement and merriment in the MTN Project Fame Academy as the entire academy talents as well as the Principal of the faculty Joke Sylva gathered round to celebrate the birthday of Brenda Johnson, one of the Xtracool talents in the academy. The merriment which came as a pleasant surprise to the birthday lady from Sierra-Leone was an evidence of the level of friendly inter relationship among the 15 talents in the academy.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 13:43

Fifth Abuja Film Festival Kicks Off
The Abuja International Film Festival kicked off last night at the Chelsea Hotel, Abuja, barely five years after it started as a contribution to the development of the Nigerian motion picture industry. This year's theme was tagged, "The Future of Nollywood."
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 13:13

Africa: GTV Gets $35 Million Boost As It Targets 1 Million Viewers
Pan African satellite TV operator GTV has received a capitalisation of $35 million, bringing the total capital invested into the company to almost $200 million.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 13:13

Nigeria: No Agreement Today...
The scene is 1977 in Lagos, Nigeria. Film projections show people racing frantically to escape the hundreds of troops who have surrounded and invaded the Kalakuta Republic, the communal living space and recording studio of musician-songwriter Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 13:13

Uganda: Peter Miles at BBA Three This Sunday
When a DStv viewer in Botswana tells you she would do anything to watch Peter Miles perform live, it suggests Uganda has made a real impact on this continent in the field of entertainment.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 13:10

Angola: Female Cuban Orchestra Enlivens Luanda Audience
The female orchestra of Cuba "Caramelo Son" Saturday in Luanda enlivened the show attended by about 3,000 fans at "Atlântico" cinema to express solidarity with the victims of the storms in Cuba.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:31

Botswana: White Collar to Premier On October 31
The producers of popular local crime film titles such as Makwetsepe 1&2, and Flash, begin the premiering of their latest crime movie, White Collar at the end of this month (October 31) at the Cresta Hotel, Gaborone, where it will run for two days till November 1.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:30

Botswana: Mosojane's Last Dance
When the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) band belted the jazzy Shauri Yakho at the Tati River Lodge Mowana conference hall last Saturday, retiring Francistown High Court Judge, Justice John Zwibili Mosojane, was the first to take to the dance floor.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:30

Botswana: Ikalanga Folk Festival Upbeat
For a moment, one dreamt of turning back the hands of time. One could not help feeling nostalgic about the past.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:30

South Africa: Dikakapa Truck Hijacked At Gunpoint in Jo'burg
Botswana's Kora nominees Dikakapa traditional group of were robbed of the truck bearing their sound equipment in Johannesburg last weekend.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:28

Angola: Maya Cool Wins Top Ten Music Contest
Maya Cool won the 2008 edition of the yearly national top-ten music contest Friday in Luanda, with the song "Ti Paciência".
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:24

Angola: RNA Director Considers Maya Cool's Victory Fair
The director general of the State-run Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA) broadcasting station, Eduardo Magalhães, Friday in Luanda considered the award of the "Top dos Mais Queridos" top ten music contest to Maya Cool as fair.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:24

Angola: Top Ten Promotes Angolan Music - Minister
The minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva, said Friday in Luanda that the "Top dos Mais Queridos" top-ten music contest is an exercise of promotion of the Angolan music.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 12:24

Uganda: Loketo Lee's Fight for Peace
THE first recognition came from Southern Sudan back in 2005, when the president, Salvar Kiir himself, handed Loketo Lee a Peace Award for his contribution, through his music, to the country's peace process.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:58

Kenya: 'Biriani Diplomacy' Welcome After Violence
After going through the "machete democracy" days at the beginning of the year, Mombasa is back to its old ways of wooing the world.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:58

Uganda: Sanity At Stake in the Big Brother House
For close to three months, strangers are confined to the Big Brother House. Psychological and physical challenges inevitably set in, tempers flare, romance blooms and hearts are broken as housemates attempt to get along.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:40

Rwanda: Writers' Organisation to Become NGO
Kivu Writers Organiation (KWO) announced yesterday that it plans to become a local Non Governmental Organisation.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:35

Uganda: Zchech Gives All at Watoto Conference
SHE was meant to start the worship session at 7:00pm. By 5:00pm, the queue of fans waiting to be admitted to the KPC main auditorium was overflowing onto Bombo Road and by 6:00pm, there was hardly any hope of getting seating space.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:21

Zimbabwe: Workshops Bring Artistes Together
THE workshops at Shona Im Park in Westfalen Park in Dortmund are bringing people together in the African way, where baking bread over an open fire, sharing together ideas and stones, sheltering from rain which seemed to have lost its moorings in the sky in pole and dagga houses have become the order of the day.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:15

Nigeria: Stage Adaptation of Things Fall Apart' Holds in Abuja
The Jos Repertory Theatre, in collaboration with the Association of Nigerian Authors, yesterday in Abuja staged an adaptation of the popular novel, Things Fall Apart.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:06

Nigeria: All Set for Nafest 2008
All is set for the 22nd edition of National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST), which will kick off in Enugu from October 4 to 11. Speaking to newsmen after a facility tour in Enugu, Mr. M.M. Maidugu assured participants and stakeholders that all in is in top form to host the event.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:06

Nigeria: The Lost Glory of Kannywood Films
Despite the lifting of the ban on filmmaking in Kano, only few filmmakers are currently operating in the state under the umbrella of the popular Hausa film industry, Kannywood, Sunday Trust can report.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:06

Zimbabwe: The Institution That Tuku Has Become
IN 1999, Zimbabwe's music star Oliver Mtukudzi released the album -- Tuku Music.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 11:00

Nigeria: Bakan Dabo Film Premiering the Great Life of Ado Bayero
History is about to be made in the film industry of Northern part of the country, populary known as Kannywood, as a documentary film on the Kano monarch, Alhaji (Dr.) Ado Bayero and the Kano Emirate Council is completed and set for premiere in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in October this year.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 10:57

Angola: Culture Director Wants Better Preparation for Carnival 2009
Luanda Province culture department director, Manuel Sebastião, advised on Thursday in Luanda representatives of carnival groups to prepare better their songs and costumes for Carnival 2009.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 10:10

Angola: Music Does Not Guarantee Stability - Singer Filipe Mukenga
Angolan singer Filipe Mukenga this Friday here said that the musical career in Angola does not offer guarantee of sustainability to its followers.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 10:10

Nigeria: Inside Kano's Colourful Sallah
Sallah celebrations in Kano always promises to be spectacular, attractive showcasing the rich culture of Hausaland and its people. This year's celebrations was not different. Perhaps, the difference was the unprecedented crowd, spectacular horse rides and a colorful rainbow of thousands of spectators who witnessed the festivities in the ancient city of Kano.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Oct-2008 09:57