El Anatsui | Freedom | 2022 24 March – 14 May 2022, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town About: Goodman Gallery is pleased to present Freedom, El Anatsui’s first major solo exhibition at Goodman Gallery Cape Town. With a career spanning five decades, El Anatsui is one of the most important contemporary artists — awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale alongside Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat in 2017, as well as the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, the Venice Biennale’s highest honour, in 2015. Anatsui is best known for his ability to meticulously transform simple materials into complex assemblages that create…
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Issued on: 18/03/2022 – 13:56 This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In South Africa, as comedy clubs reopen comedians are juggling between their live audience and their online one; from Gambia, young women are training to install solar panels to help other women; and in Malawi, farmers are trying to deal with the climate crisis by diversifying crops. For this week’s podcast, South Africa correspondent Kagiso Mnisi talks to Gavin Kelly, resident host and co-organiser of Monday Night Comedy sessions at Cocktail on Six comedy club, comics…
Kirubel Melke Kirubel Melke Fendika cultural centre Addis Ababa Opening is march 28, 2022 and the show runs until April 18,2022. About:Kirubel Melke is a visual artist (b. 1983, Addis Ababa) who lives and works in Ethiopia. He holds a diploma in Marketing from the National College in Addis Ababa, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Addis Ababa University.Inspired by his mother’s work at a garment factory, Melke has focused on fabric as his primary medium, creating elaborate tableaux from fragments of cloth. Since his third year in fine art school, washed clothing…
Crystal Palace’s AFCON champion Cheikhou Kouyate receives rousing reception and guard of honour from team-mates – as Senegal star returns to training following triumph in Cameroon and ‘best day of his life’Cheikhou Kouyate was part of Senegal’s squad which won AFCON in CameroonThe Senegalese won their first continental title on penalties against Egypt The midfielder has now returned to Crystal Palace training to much acclaimHe gave a speech as he laughed his way through a team-mates guard of honour By Kieran Jackson For Mailonline Published: 12:20 EDT, 15 February 2022 | Updated: 12:39 EDT, 15 February 2022 Crystal Palace midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate received a rousing…
The leader of a new Libyan government has vowed to relocate from the country’s east to Tripoli within “days” to replace a rival administration, despite concerns that such a move risks stoking a fresh bout of fighting in the oil-rich north African state.Fathi Bashagha’s government was approved by the Libyan parliament this month, establishing a rival to an interim administration in Tripoli that failed to hold December elections. He told the Financial Times this week that he planned to move to the capital in the most “peaceful way possible”, insisting that his government would not be involved in “any violence…
In 2018 when Rihanna launched her Savage X Fenty lingerie line, people praised it for its “inclusivity”. And when it debuted at New York Fashion Week in September that year, it featured women of a variety of races and body sizes, including pregnant women. The singer-turned-mogul broke the fashion rules and was soon being hailed as the Queen of diversity and inclusion. The Fenty Beauty mogul is being praised again for featuring an amputee model for Savage X Fenty. The one-armed model known as Miss5thave has been showing off the singer’s lingerie pieces in stunning photos on Instagram. Fans can’t…
The Historical Way is a 6-day inland route of the Rota Vicentina. It’s one of the two long-distance routes of the Vicentina networks. The route takes hikers through non-touristy areas of the Alentejo region in the south of Portugal. The Historical Way can be walked as a separate route or combined with the Fisherman’s Trail. The Historical Way route overviewWalking the Historical Way vs the Coastal RouteThe best time for hikingThe cost of walking the Historical Way How to get to Santiago do Cacém?Accommodation on the Historical WayThe Historical Way walking itineraryDay 1. Santiago de Cacém – Vale Seco, 18,5…
With broken supply chains, inadequate infrastructure, difficult cross border bureaucracies ,etc, intra-regional trade within Africa can be a huge challenge. For Bamba Lo, co-founder and CEO of PAPS, this is an opportunity to provide solutions to a problem that many businesses on the continent are familiar with. Founded in 2016, PAPS, a digital logistics company operating in West and Francophone Africa offers warehousing, tracking, transportation and last mile delivery services to small and large businesses. Paps is an alumnus of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa and like fellow startups on the continent they are contributing to economic growth using digital…
The project was launched at a virtual event on 10 March that brought together the Ministers of Trade of Senegal, Niger and Togo, and government representatives of Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania. The project will support the implementation of more than 30 activities in the AfCFTA strategies of Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Tunisia. By assisting the implementation of priority actions formulated by UNECA, the project will help to create an environment where trade can be more efficient and inclusive in the eight beneficiary countries. By the end of the project, their capacity will have…
The night before he commanded Russian troops to invade Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin gave a speech that faulted Ukrainians for failing to express gratitude and fraternal loyalty to Russia. Bombing Ukrainian cities and targeting Ukrainian civilians is hardly a sound way to evoke thanks or brotherhood, but Putin aims to make the cost very high indeed for spurning Russia’s ostensible friendship. As they respond to the invasion, African countries have had to weigh Russia’s value as a potential friend. Their responses have varied, from Kenya’s condemnation of Russia’s actions to Eritrea’s support for them. South Africa has taken a stance…