GIVEN the choice between a book and a movie I always make the choice of books! While watching movies is invariably easier and less mentally tasking than digesting a book it gives a lot less satisfaction than the vivid imagery
Poet Mekdes Jemberu, founder of Ethiopian Women Writers Association, published a new her latest poem book entitled Muga on Monday after a decade-long absence from the publishing industry in the country.
Fifty four per cent of children under the age of five in Uganda do not get the basic healthcare when they need it, according to this year's world's mothers report. The report that is published by the charity Save the
And so, history repeated itself last Saturday. The elective General Assembly of the Cameroon Music Corporation turned out to be just what sceptics had predicted. A medley of chaos! Rules of the game were openly butchered, the supervisory body hushed,
Following the General Assembly of the Cameroon Music Corporation, CMC, that held on Saturday May 10, at the Yaounde Conference Centre, in an atmosphere of tension, Sam Mbende, incumbent President of Board of Directors of CMC has been re-elected into
On the occasion of the Europe Day, which is celebrated each May 9, the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) in Sierra Leone kicked-off the anniversary with a visit by students and teachers of the American International School of Freetown
Senegalese born American R n B artist, Akon was carried shoulder high by fired up fans at the Kampala's Lugogo Cricket Oval where he performed live last Friday (9 May) night courtesy of mobile phone company, Celtel Uganda.
IT was late one Wednesday night and I was staggering back from the Corporate Gulag/ Matrix/ Slow Death/ Job. It was almost 10:00pm when I landed on the shores of Kireka. My mind was beginning to make the adjustment in
The second session of the Children's Parliament has adopted 21 motions which the National Assembly will forward to the relevant offices for consideration.
Thomas Ngolo Katta, national coordinator of the Centre for the Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA) has been reinstated by the Board of Trustees and founding members of the organization, a release from the organization states.
I'VE constantly referred to him as the guy that looks like the guy who did Popstars a while back. I say this in jest, of course, but nonetheless, when I met him, I kind of felt silly. The first thing
Sandra Ndebele and her newly assembled 20-piece-all-female dance group Izintombi Zomqagala (Breast Calabash) will embark on their maiden tour of Russia in July.
The Umthwakazi Arts Festival was postponed indefinitely after top South African musicians and artists billed as major drawcards decided their safety could not be guaranteed in the volatile political atmosphere in the country.
It was the gathering of the best hands in the fashion industry in Africa when the annual Afrik Fashion Show, otherwise known as the Tendances Party, took place last weekend at the Ivorian capital, Abidjan. Fourteen African designers from home
Botswane-based disc jockey, Otis "The Flow" Frazer says his first ever compilation album will be out later this year featuring some of his hottest house music productions.
