The Duke Of Sussex's Charity Sentebale Partners With HAMILTON
by Stephi Wild - July 12, 2018 Sentebale, the charity founded by The Duke of Sussex and Prince Seeiso, is collaborating with the record breaking musical HAMILTON, to raise vital funds and awareness towards their work with children and young people affected by HIV in southern Africa....
Africa Express Share New Track WHERE WILL THIS LEAD US TO? Featuring Moonchild Sanelly
by Tori Hartshorn - June 26, 2019 'Where Will This Lead Us To?' is the fourth track taken from Africa Express' forthcoming studio album EGOLI....
Cast Announced For Historic Production Of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW For Maynardville 2018
by Stephi Wild - December 14, 2017 A historic production of Shakespeare's popular comedy, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, will be presented at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre next year, directed by Tara Notcutt and featuring an all-female cast and creative team....
Apollo Theater and World Music Institute Present AFRICA NOW!
by Stephi Wild - February 26, 2019 The Apollo Theater in partnership with World Music Institute presents the 7th annual AFRICA NOW!, hosted by Young Prince with sounds by DJ mOma. This year's lineup features African Dancehall & Afrobeat stars:...
John Boyega to Produce South African Crime-Thriller
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 15, 2019 John Boyega is set to executive produce God Is Good, a South African crime-thriller, according to Deadline. Producers are describing the film as in the vein of Prisoners and City Of God. Boyega is also launching a record label, UpperRoom Records, to oversee the film's soundtrack....
Dance Umbrella Africa 2019 Re-launches at the South African State Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2019 The eagerly anticipated re-launch of Dance Umbrella Africa 2019 from 31 March to 7 April at the South African State Theatre will feature South Africa and the world's most prolific dancers and choreographers including Lulu Mlangeni, Sonia Radebe and Julia Burnham, Phumlani Nyanga, Dirk Badenhorst, Ge...
3 FUNNY GUYS AND A PACK OF CARDS Comes to The Drama Factory
by Stephi Wild - January 29, 2019 Three of South Africa's most loved comedy magicians perform together for their debut show, '3 Funny Guys & A Pack Of Cards', a show filled with visual illusions, jaw-dropping sleight-of-hand magic and packed with belly laughter....
FORM Dance Projects Presents PASSING IT ON
by Stephi Wild - May 01, 2019 From 6th to 8th June, FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres will present Passing It On, a sensational double bill embodying movement shifts influenced by voices from the past to the present, looking back and forward....
Jeremy Loops Announces U.S. Tour with Milky Chance
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 24, 2018 Singer/songwriter Jeremy Loops and, according to Spotify, South Africa's most streamed male artist, will embark on his US tour this fall as direct support to Milky Chance. Loops has sustained that momentum with his recent album release Critical As Water, which was a top 5 charting release on iTunes ...
Art Institute of Chicago Presents New Exhibition 'The People Shall Govern!'
by Sarah Hookey - March 19, 2019 Formed in 1979, Medu Art Ensemble organized a front of cultural and artistic resistance to South Africa's apartheid policy of racial discrimination. Medu means 'roots' in the Sepedi language. As their name suggests, the collective operated underground, drawing exiled South African and international ...
Dancer Thami Tshabala Tributes Activist Simon Tseko Nkoli
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2019 The late anti-apartheid, gay rights, and HIV and AIDS activist Simon Tseko Nkoli's memory will be celebrated in dance with a solo piece, SIMON performed by award winning Dancer and Choreographer Thami Tshabalala from 15th to 19th May 2019 at the South African State Theatre....
Luvvie Ajayi And Yvonne Orji Announced As New Headliners For The Apollo Theater's Africa Now! Festival
by A.A. Cristi - March 28, 2019 The Apollo Theater will present Luvvie Ajayi, New York Times best-selling author and Yvonne Orji of HBO's Emmy nominated series Insecure in Jesus and Jollof Live on Saturday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Africa Now! Festival, presented in partnership with World Music Institute. The mainstage...
BWW Review: QUEENS GIRL IN AFRICA at Mosaic Theater Company
by Elliot Lanes - January 12, 2018 The second annual Women's Voices Theater Festival's first entry is the follow up to the hit play Queens Girl in the World, an entry in the first festival in 2015....
Eve, Talib Kweli Added to Africa Utopia at Southbank Centre Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 02, 2019 The likes of Eve, Talib Kweli, Akala and Laura Mvula have been added to various events at Southbank Centre's seventh Africa Utopia Festival, presented in collaboration with Indaba X....
Luvvie Ajayi And Yvonne Orji Announced As New Headliners For The Apollo Theater's Africa Now! Festival
by A.A. Cristi - March 28, 2019 The Apollo Theater will present Luvvie Ajayi, New York Times best-selling author and Yvonne Orji of HBO's Emmy nominated series Insecure in Jesus and Jollof Live on Saturday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Africa Now! Festival, presented in partnership with World Music Institute. The mainstage...
EgoPo Announces 2018-19 Season Theater of South Africa
by A.A. Cristi - September 04, 2018 EgoPo Classic Theater announces their 2018-19 Season: Theater of South Africa, celebrating great dramatic works of South Africa and highlighting the remarkable transformation from apartheid to democracy. The season will begin with a South African version of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, as...
Art +Culture At Art Africa Miami In Historic Overtown
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 06, 2019 Culture is a space where we can introduce ideas, attack emotions, change values, and find inspiration. In 2011 Architect and Art Africa Miami Founder Neil Hall, AIA purposefully established the inaugural Art Africa Miami to showcase engaging and thought-provoking art that served as a continuum of th...
Major Lazer Debuts ORKANT/BALANCE PON IT Featuring Babes Wodumo
by Tori Hartshorn - September 19, 2018 Major Lazer debuts a new song “Orkant/Balance Pon It” featuring South African singer Babes Wodumo today. The song comes accompanied by a second visual collaboration between Major Lazer and South African director Adriaan Louw, this time shot in Durban, South Africa—listen/watch here....
D J McCran Tells the Tale of the Most Haunted House in London
by Robert Diamond - February 07, 2019 ...
Young Paris, Patoranking, Seyi Shay And Buffalo Souljah Set To Headline The Apollo Theater's Annual Africa Now! Concert Weekend
by Julie Musbach - February 20, 2019 The Apollo Theater, in partnership with World Music Institute, presents African dancehall artists Patoranking (Nigeria), Seyi Shay (Nigeria), Buffalo Souljah (Zimbabwe), and Afrobeat sensation Kaleta & Super Yamba Band (Benin/Nigeria) as part of AFRICA NOW! hosted by Young Prince and music by DJ mOm...
University of Michigan Exhibition Challenges Traditional Understanding Of African Arts, Cultures
by A.A. Cristi - August 08, 2018 More than ever in the age of globalization, ideas fluidly cross geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries....
Minnesota Orchestra To Embark On First Tour By A Professional U.S. Orchestra To South Africa
by Stephi Wild - January 20, 2018 Minnesota Orchestra President and CEO Kevin Smith, in partnership with Classical Movements, announced today that Music Director Osmo V nsk and the Minnesota Orchestra will embark on a five-city tour to South Africa this summer the first visit by a professional U.S. orchestra to the country and offe...
Out of Africa Returns to South Main Arts District
by Julie Musbach - January 15, 2018 In celebration of Black History Month, the fifth edition of the art exhibition, Out of Africa returns to Art Village Gallery and the South Main Arts District bringing contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora to the forefront....
Streaming Service 'The ON! Channel' Launches 'Out Of Africa' African Cinema Category
by Stephi Wild - September 27, 2019 The streaming service 'The ON! Channel' is known for its diversity, therefore it should be no surprise that it would embark on a mission to bring to America (and the world), the amazing and celebrated films and series that are coming out of Africa.... |