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Arts journalist Adrienne Sichel says pantsula is "very much an urban South African dance form". (AllAfrica)

Afrika: Mama Yo! is a satirical play about a BEE company called Elastic Djembe that jumps on the 2010 band wagon and pitches to a panel (the audience) for the opportunity to produce a music extravaganza that celebrates the “real Africa�, to be staged during the 2010 World Cup. (AllAfrica)

The Big Time Dance Troupe and its choreographer, Eshdey Diphae, suffered from lack of funding and were forced to fight for their survival from show to show. (AllAfrica)

Evolving gay identity in a rapidly changing South Africa is at the heart of a number of Festival productions this year, and features around the Think!Fest discussion table. (AllAfrica)

The 2009 National Arts Festival is expected to provide a gateway to the 2010 Soccer World Cup, to be hosted by South Africa, which has placed international focus on the country. (AllAfrica)

In this reworked version of her own work as well as manifestations in opera and dance of this 1845 French classic, Dada Masilo takes a generally politely veiled tale of sexual violence and manipulation, and splits its seams wide. (AllAfrica)

The test of listening to the music we call jazz is being able to recognize the real thing when you hear it. (AllAfrica)

Nicholas Ellenbogen has crafted a unique concept in theatrical entertainment that, despite this being the 20th episode in the Raiders series, the anticipation of the audience is ever present. (AllAfrica)

Whether you are married, engaged or even thinking of getting married, you won’t want to get behind the wheel or the pram until you have participated in Taylor’s crash course. (AllAfrica)

POPULAR South African singer Penelope Jane Dunlop, also known as PJ Powers or Thandeka, makes a welcome return to Harare this week for a show series at Reps Theatre, performing a range of songs that have helped make her a household name in entertainment throughout Southern Africa during the past 25 years. (AllAfrica)

FOR Cee Jay, One Ariega Reloaded -- a 15-track album the US-based musician is in Zimbabwe to promote -- represents more than just creative work. It epitomises a "coming home", literally and figuratively. (AllAfrica)

What a man can do, a woman can do better, goes a popular downtown Nigerian street lingo. This particularly used to be the case when gender-based issues were raised. Gradually, however, the slang began to be applied in virtually all professions, the entertainment sector inclusive. (AllAfrica)

THE Zambia International Trade Fair yesterday entered its second day on a slow note with few people going through the gates. (AllAfrica)

Angolan singer and songwriter Eduardo Paim is to sing on Friday at Luanda's Majocal show house, as part of the "Noite de Cacimbo" (winter night) programme promoted by this space, Angop has learnt. (AllAfrica)

The purpose of last Saturday's launching was to make the public recognise the existence of the group and that the group can be useful in cultural manifestations. (AllAfrica)

Progress Chipfumo, who is set to fly to Botswana to record his forthcoming album, is looking for new female backing vocalists to replace two female members going on maternity leave. (AllAfrica)

The Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust has posthumously honoured Safirio Madzikatire - one of Zimbabwe's iconic performing artists with a life-size statue. (AllAfrica)

Late, late last Thursday night as we were about to leave the newsroom, after "putting to bed" the next day's issue of The Herald, Deputy Chief Sub Editor Rungano Gwanzura, sitting next to me, jerked in his chair in a way that only something least unexpected had caught his attention. (AllAfrica)

Michael Jackson's memorial service will hold Tuesday morning, in the Staples Centre, the 20,000-seat coliseum in downtown Los Angeles where Jackson rehearsed his show the night before he died. (AllAfrica)

TWO months ago, she announced her return with Ngenze Noono, a kwanjula song in which she proclaims she has finally found her ideal man. The song's strength is the way it perfectly captures the feel of a traditional kwanjula (introduction) ceremony. (AllAfrica)

AN EAST AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE (AllAfrica)

A young Nigerian musician, Agubom Kingsley, recently went on a research-tour of Asia basically on what it takes to export Nigerian music to Asia as well explore the market for Nigerian Arts. Mary Ekah writes that the artiste's research which culminated to an Afro-Asia integration in film and music, is a key concept for the projection of Nigerian music in the Western world (AllAfrica)

Two years ago, in an interview with Ebony Magazine to mark the silver jubilee of "Thriller," the world's most successful music album, Michael Jackson declared: "I always want to do music that influences and inspires each generation. Let's face it, who wants mortality? You want what you create to live, and I give my all in my work because I want it to live." (AllAfrica)

The sad news of the death of pop icon Michael Jackson (MJ) looks set to dominate the headlines for the next couple of months. A global brand, he certainly 'Rocked our World' with his "Off the Wall" hits. God's Word in the Bible urges us to "stir up our talents" and this is one individual who certainly did this to the letter. MJ urged us not to see the world in "Black and White" and pleaded we should "Heal the World". He inspired us to see the "ABC" of life and reminded us of how difficult it could be to "say goodbye". Nevertheless we were told not to forget the times we "fell in love" (AllAfrica)

IF he lived off his words, Justice James M. Ogoola would probably be rich, for this old wise man, who is also Uganda High court's principle judge, has a way with words. (AllAfrica)

For every generation there are leading lights: men and women, who through sheer vision, consummate professionalism and exemplary character stand head and shoulders above their peers. And as beacon bearers they point the way forward to a society whose values have been darkened by timidity, deprivation and bigotry. (AllAfrica)

There’s a host of comedians you just can’t afford to miss at the Fringe this year. (AllAfrica)

Festival goers prepare thyselves: this year’s music line-up is guaranteed to perforate eardrums. (AllAfrica)

Street artists who play to the public on pathways, alleys and verges during the National Arts Festival will stand taller this year. (AllAfrica)

Andrew Buckland, a Festival stalwart and South African physical theatre icon, recently returned from a year-long contract performing with the celebrated Cirque du Soleil company in Las Vegas, in the Beatles-themed entertainment spectacular, Love. (AllAfrica)

The Fringe dance programme at the National Arts Festival (Grahamstown, 2 – 11 July) is a showcase of the dynamic spectrum of dance forms – pantsula, isibhujwa, kwasakwasa, hip-hop, ballet, gumboot dancing, tap, jazz, and contemporary. (AllAfrica)

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