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....
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...
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....
Broadway For Self Help Africa Benefit to Feature Matt Doyle, Ben Fankhauser, and More
by Julie Musbach - April 18, 2018 On April 23rd the 5th annual Broadway for Self Help Africa event will bring together some of Broadway's biggest stars for a night of song and celebration benefiting Self Help Africa at The Cutting Room in New York City. Broadway for Self Help Africa will feature musical direction by Ryan Fielding Ga...
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....
Nominees Announced For The 53rd Annual Fleur Du Cap Theatre Awards
by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2018 The 2017 nominees for the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards have been announced. These annual awards are regarded amongst the most valued and prestigious in the South African performing arts industry. This year's ceremony will take place on 18 March at 17:30 at the Baxter Theatre Centre in Cape Town and p...
SASOLBURG COMMON 'BIRDS' OF SOUTH AFRICA Comes to Alexander Upstairs
by Stephi Wild - March 08, 2018 Canned Rice Productions will present Candice van Litsenborgh new dark comedy, SASOLBURG COMMON 'BIRDS' OF SOUTH AFRICA, at the Alexander Bar this March. Directed by Richard Wright-Firth, the play will be performed by Van Litsenborgh herself and popular local actor Daneel van der Walt....
Africa Express Announce Release Date for 'Egoli'
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 08, 2019 Music collective Africa Express today announce the release of a brand new studio album titled EGOLI, coming 12th July 2019 on the newly created Africa Express Records. Listen to lead track JOHANNESBURG and pre-save album HERE ...
Founder Of Zenith Bank Publishes Inspirational Business Guide
by Robert Diamond - October 02, 2018 ...
Africa Express Share MAMA featuring Otim Alpha, Georgia and Radio 123
by Tori Hartshorn - July 10, 2019 Mama, the fifth track taken from Africa Express' forthcoming studio album EGOLI is available now....
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 ... |