African and Caribbean Arts and Culture

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Hostilities, intrigues and drama as celebrity artistes don their dancing shoes in the race to determine the best celebrity dancer in this year Celebrity Takes 2 reality show. (AllAfrica)

A judge has declined to bar a local media house from broadcasting a programme alleged to be defamatory. (AllAfrica)

"BORELDINE," the tag given to Big Brother evictee Geraldine -- a blending of the word boring and her name -- seems to have some credence since the Nigerian amassed the least amount of votes from the reality show's viewers resulting in her departure. Geraldine fell by the wayside after being nominated by Zimbabwean Itai whom she had once described as "the biggest snake in the house." (AllAfrica)

Mrs Fatima Jabbie of Fabecs Promotion, has expressed her profound sense of gratitude for staging the final and biggest modelling competition ever hosted by the Promotion, to be held in The Gambia on the 5th of December 2009. (AllAfrica)

The Gambia's International Homecoming Roots Festival attracts visitors to the Motherland to enjoy the rich cultural experience of a lifetime. Remember Alex Haley's 'Roots'? This is the place Kunta Kinteh originated from.Tanje Village Museum. The Tanje village museum is a unique place where the natural history and traditional culture of The Gambia is presented in an interesting and accessible way to tourists, Gambians, local inhabitants and school groups. Nowhere can you find out so much about The Gambia, its birds, insects, fish, plants and trees, its different ethnic groups and their cultures. (AllAfrica)

Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg in 1932. Her mother was a Swazi and her father, who died when she was six, was a Xhosa. As a child, she sang at the Kilmerton Training Institute in Pretoria, which she attended for eight years. (AllAfrica)

Film making technology across the world in its early stage was difficult, especially in the area of setting up the equipment. In some places it was virtually non-existent, until change started when the government of Nigeria begun to pressure local television and radio stations to broadcast more local content and less foreign productions. (AllAfrica)

Frontline comedian, Julius Agwu is set to host his long awaited comedy club, which he calls Comedy Train at Terra Kulture. According to Julius who has become an icon of the comedy industry in Nigeria, the event, which is taking place today, Friday November 27, is being hosted for the upwardly mobile that work or reside around the island. (AllAfrica)

At a time when there was nothing like Nollywood, Okechukwu Ogunjiofor, came out with a home movie - Living in Bondage which instantly became a hit. He later churned out more other nine movies thereby pioneering what is today the Nigerian movie industry. This week, he relieved his experience with CHINYERE OKOYE (AllAfrica)

Filmmakers must be very intelligent and broad-minded, with strong skills. Liberal arts study is so important. It makes you a fairly well rounded person. It exposes you to the languages, ethics, philosophy, history, and social sciences. Films are all about research and continual learning. (AllAfrica)

HUMANKIND is part of nature. This is what we tend to forget when we engage in acts of destruction such as the devastation of rain forests, the choking of our atmosphere with carbon dioxide and the annihilation of animal and plant species. (AllAfrica)

WHY would anyone in their right mind try to kill a bull with their bare hands? I am not Zulu enough to know the answer. I am certainly not brave enough to have a go either. But this ritual appears to be a part of the fresh fruits festival called Ukweshwana, which takes place in early December in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu-Natal. (AllAfrica)

A 23-year-old pastor has released an R & B album titled I Need You. (AllAfrica)

It is obvious that everybody who cuts an album wants to be seen as the best thing that ever happened to the music industry and the genre he or she is doing. It is thus not surprising that one of the new comers Godfrey Maake calls himself Poo ya ga Maake. (AllAfrica)

One of the facilitators at the ongoing Southern African Development Community (SADC) workshop for visual artistes at Motse Lodge in Kanye has applauded Botswana government's policy to buy most of its art decorations from local artistes. (AllAfrica)

The recent award that the Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) bestowed on veteran muso Malombo Mmereki was in recognition of his immense contribution to local music. (AllAfrica)

Having survived a number of evictions, Itai is finally up for eviction with Africa baying for his blood. Last week the Zimbabwean survived when he saved himself and put Nigeria's Geraldine up, who was eventually evicted. (AllAfrica)

"I lost 70 million shillings in that show," 'General' Mega Dee reveals as he talks about his Kanida Akabadi launch at Hotel Africana earlier this year, which turned out to be a mega flop. (AllAfrica)

Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Nigeria, Sherif Naguib, has said that the second edition of the Egyptian cultural week in Nigeria was a reflection of the close cultural ties between the two countries. (AllAfrica)

Someone who returned to this city a couple of years ago after a stint in Europe admits he was amazed at how much transformation there was in the fashion industry. The girls' dress sense was very much in step with what he had seen in some of the fashion capitals of the world. (AllAfrica)

THE SABC's financial collapse has stalled the business future of TV's hottest young writer just as she's nominated for an International Emmy award. Yet Portia Gumede still sees the future of her industry in the export market, and has several more potential winners waiting for funding next year. (AllAfrica)

The city of Bizerta is known as the oldest and most European city in Tunisia. It was founded around 1000 BC by Phoenicians from Tyre . (AllAfrica)

WITH the Pearl of Africa Music Awards still halted, you may think no local artiste will be recognised this year. That is not the case. (AllAfrica)

Little-known Rumbidzai Mangezi (19) was last Saturday night crowned Miss Tourism Beitbridge 2009 at a contest held at the Export Processing Zone complex. (AllAfrica)

Musicians the world over are known for their busy schedules and it is not easy to convince a group of artistes to come together to perform for their own cause. (AllAfrica)

A party here and a party there, is the festive mood in the capital as pubs and clubs go into overdrive lining up shows for the Christmas holiday. (AllAfrica)

Congolese musician Nguza Mbangu 'Viking' and his three sons have advanced 15 reasons why the Court of Appeal should set them free after they were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004. (AllAfrica)

After a successful hosting of one of the greatest photo exhibitions of the year tagged "Perspectives on Contemporary Nigerian Photography recently, the Ben Enwonwu Foundation (BEF) owners of Omenka Art Gallery again in its bid towards the promotion and appreciation of Modern African art penultimate week brought the visual art community together for another exciting exhibition by one of Nigeria's outstanding contemporary artists, Alex Nwokolo titled Musing: an exhibition of recent paintings by Alex Nwokolo. (AllAfrica)

National Orientation Agency presented a book, Survey of Nigerian Core Values to the Nigerian public recently. At the presentation, the custodians of Nigerian cultural values stressed the need for active engagement of all citizens in value re-orientation as a key to national development. (AllAfrica)

The world's most prestigious film academy, the New York Film Academy, is to open its institute in Nigeria in February, 2010, as part of the its drive to train Nollywood actors and actresses for optimal competition in the international arena. (AllAfrica)

The hit television programme; "Big Brother Africa Revolution" and African private sector companies are supporting the Global Fund's fight against malaria by contributing funds from a high-profile awareness raising campaign, undertaken as part of the United Against Malaria campaign. (AllAfrica)

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