RDT's Ring Around the Rose to Present AFRICAN DRUMS Show, 10/11
by Tyler Peterson - September 17, 2014 Repertory Dance Theatre's 'Ring Around the Rose' program welcomes back the talented artists from the Africa Heartwood Project and Djembe Direct to bring you AFRICAN DRUMS on October 11, 2014 at 11:00 am....
Apollo Theater and World Music Institute Present 2014 AFRICA NOW Festival, Now thru 4/6
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2014 The Apollo Theater and World Music Institute present AFRICA NOW, a four-day music festival spotlighting today's African music scene. The second annual festival will feature a powerful lineup of artists who have drawn upon their roots for inspiration - and transplanted them onto the global music land...
Books For Africa and Worldreader Partner to Send Books to Schools in Africa
by Christina Mancuso - July 15, 2013 Books For Africa, a leading non-profit shipper of books, and Worldreader, a leading non-profit empowering the world's poorest people with e-readers and digital content, have formed a unique partnership to send both e-books and e-readers to schools and students across Africa in the coming months....
Apollo Theater and World Music Institute Presents AFRICA NOW! South Africa Festival, Now thru 10/12
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2014 Karen Sander, Artistic & Executive Director, World Music Institute and The Apollo Theater, in partnership with World Music Institute, presents AFRICA NOW!, South Africa, showcasing today's South African music scene, today, October 9-12, 2014....
Petals and Blood: Stories, Dharma and Poems of Ecstasy, Awakening and Annihilation is Released
by Christina Mancuso - October 01, 2013 HawaiiWith fierce courage, intimacy and candor, Gavin Harrison, author of Petals and Blood: Stories, Dharma and Poems of Ecstasy, Awakening and Annihilation opens up about his life providing a combination of page-turning personal stories with poems that inspire and awaken the soul. Harrison, who ori...
TREE/BOOM/UMTHI Invited to Festival of Theatre and Culture for Early Childhood in March 2014
by Joseph OHern - November 04, 2013 Magnet Theatre has been committed to transformation in the theatre industry in South Africa for the past 25 years. They are an award winning physical theatre company based in Cape Town in South Africa. Magnet Theatre believes that we all have a responsibility to develop a more just, free and peacefu...
Prime Minister of Uganda to Open 8th Routes Africa Event
by Robert Diamond - July 04, 2013 Taking place on Sunday 7 th and Monday 8 th July 2013 and open to all attending delegates, The Routes Africa Strategy Summit will open Routes Africa in Kampala. One of the highlights of the Summit will be a keynote address from Hon. Amama MBABAZI, the HON Right Prime Minister of Uganda who has recen...
Theatrical Outfit to Present MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!, 10/9-22
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2014 Theatrical Outfit continues its 'Season of Compassion' with the poignant and meaningful drama My Children! My Africa!, written by South-African-born playwright Athol Fugard who won a Tony Award for lifetime achievement in 2011. This is the 38th season for Theatrical Outfit, the second-oldest profess...
Ultra Worldwide Will Expand to South Africa, Japan in 2014
by Tyler Peterson - October 25, 2013 Following months of speculation and anticipatory hearsay from hopeful dance music enthusiasts across all corners of the globe, ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL has today put the rumors to rest by revealing that the world's premier electronic event will be heading to not one, but two new locations for 2014. Nex...
History and H2 to Honor Nelson Mandela
by Caryn Robbins - December 06, 2013 HISTORY® will encore MIRACLE RISING: SOUTH AFRICA in memory of Nelson Mandela on Friday, December 6, at 5PM ET/PT and on Sunday, December 8 at 5PM ET on H2. The special is also streaming on HISTORY.com/Mandela....
Brian Williams to Anchor NBC New Coverage of Nelson Mandela Memorial
by Caryn Robbins - December 09, 2013 As memorial events honoring Nelson Mandela take place across South Africa this week, NBC News will continue to provide special coverage of the life and legacy of the man who has been called a towering figure in world history....
Matt Doyle, Lesli Margherita, and More Join Music Director Will Van Dyke for BROADWAY FOR SELF HELP AFRICA, 3/3
by Diana Heisroth - February 19, 2014 On March 3rd Broadway for Self Help Africa will bring together some of Broadway's biggest stars for a night of song and celebration benefiting Self Help Africa at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City....
Broadway in South Africa Holds Final Program with Chicago Children's Choir this Month
by Tyler Peterson - June 24, 2014 Since 2009, Broadway South Africa has conducted empowerment through the arts programming in disadvantaged communities throughout South Africa. The organization has raised close to $500,000, helping to improve the lives and future's of student's dramatically affected by poverty, violence, abuse, and...
Apollo Theater and World Music Institute to Present AFRICA NOW! South Africa Festival, 10/9-12
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2014 Karen Sander, Artistic & Executive Director, World Music Institute and The Apollo Theater, in partnership with World Music Institute, presents AFRICA NOW!, South Africa, showcasing today's South African music scene, October 9-12, 2014....
ASSITEJ to Host Family Festival in November
by Tyler Peterson - October 04, 2013 ASSITEJ South Africa is based in the very poor township community of Vrygrond close to Muizenberg, Cape Town. The organisation is holding a Family Festival of performances for children and their families in the community this November. ASSITEJ South Africa is holding on a number of community-based e...
Robinson A. Milwood Unveils British Christianity and the Slave Trade in Africa in New Book
by Christina Mancuso - July 18, 2013 Through author Robinson A. Milwood's research in writing his previous book on African Humanity, he became deeply moved by the oppressions, exploitations and sufferings of the slaves. He was particularly disturbed by the fact that the punishments and crimes were committed by the churches, Quakers, so...
New Book Chronicles Life of MOVE Founder, John Africa
by Christina Mancuso - October 18, 2013 May 13th 1985, is now recorded in the annals of history, as this was the day Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode, approved the dropping of a bomb on a row house in a residential neighborhood. The raging fire that followed claimed the lives of eleven MOVE members, six adults and five children. Among t...
MOTHER AFRICA: CIRCUS OF THE SENSES Returns to QPAC, Now thru 5/17
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2014 After selling out in all capital cities across Australia in 2010 and smashing box office records, the jaw-dropping show Mother Africa, Circus of the Senses returns to Brisbane, direct from a sell out Broadway season, to the Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) from today, 13 to 17 May...
Photo Flash: First Look at Red Fern Theatre's SINCE AFRICA
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2014 SINCE AFRICA, a new play by Mia McCullough about a Lost Boy of Sudan-- both lost in his native land and lost as he attempts to adjust to his new home in America - will be given its NY premiere following successful productions at San Diego's Old Globe, Philadelphia's InterAct, and Chicago Dramatists ...
Routes Africa Heads to Zimbabwe in 2014
by Robert Diamond - July 09, 2013 MANCHESTER, England, July 9, 2013 -...
George W. Bush, Laura Bush Set for Interview with ABC News' Jonathan Karl Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - July 01, 2013 The 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, and former First Lady Laura Bush will sit down with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl for their only broadcast television interview during their trip to Africa. They will discuss President Bush's post-presidential activit...
Zebra & Giraffe Coming to Fugard Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - August 25, 2014 The Africa Voices Trust will present their annual gala concert at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town on Monday 8 September, featuring award winning programme graduates Zebra & Giraffe who will be performing a unique unplugged and 'stripped down' show including new material off their latest release KNUC...
Apollo Theater and World Music Institute Presents AFRICA NOW! South Africa Festival, Now thru 10/12
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2014 Karen Sander, Artistic & Executive Director, World Music Institute and The Apollo Theater, in partnership with World Music Institute, presents AFRICA NOW!, South Africa, showcasing today's South African music scene, today, October 9-12, 2014....
East African Projects Set for in First Sundance Institute Theatre Lab on Zanzibar
by Tyler Peterson - November 25, 2013 Sundance Institute today announced the artists and projects selected for its first Theatre Lab on Zanzibar, which concluded yesterday. The two-week exchange and development program (November 10-24) is part of the Sundance Institute East Africa initiative, now in its eleventh year, which is the only... |
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