Africa-Related

Angolan singer Edizila organises Saturday her first show to promote her debut album entitled “Eu e Tu”, at Atlântico cinema, in Luanda.

The music group of Brazilian Rodrigo Lessa is performing Wednesday in Luanda, as part of the celebrations of his country’s independence, on September 7.

“During my recent visit to Berlin, I attended an arts and culture programme, where my English poem about art was translated into German and it sounded plain awesome.

The combination of the Southern Youth Choir, Generations.com, Martin Luther High School and Omaruru Western Youth choirs resulted in divine providence. The combined group created a worship of deity with their peculiar cartel sound. Hearing such surpassing excellence in the highest degree turns the unappreciated into the truly appreciated with supreme admiration - the sound these choirs create is like an inspiration by the cherubs.

The recent fire damage to Ultima Studios’ in Nigeria (see Broadcast News below) and the 2008 fire in Universal Studios’ video vault underline the importance of holding a back-up and making a proper archive of work. Balancing Act’s Sylvain Beletre looks at what the practice in Africa has been so far and suggests some easy ways to overcome the problem.

So it has been confirmed that Munya aka ‘The Captain’ might just be stuck to the All Stars house and has set a record of surviving five consecutive nominations in Biggie’s history ever. This came after Sunday night’s eviction show where Sheila was given the boot all the way to the barn.

In France, it is Cannes - the annual International Film Festival and Market - that attracts thousands to the resort city every once in a year to indulge in cultural matters as they enjoy French fashion, wine and cuisines.

THIS column usually contains the musings  - some might say rantings - of a technophile. But I’d like to hijack it today to pay tribute to a man who was something of a technophobe - he famously didn’t even have an e-mail address - but who probably did more for musicians and the Johannesburg live music scene than anyone.

The craftworks market, located in Luanda’s Benfica ward, is one the best examples of valorisation of Angolan culture, for exhibiting everyday works that represent each region of the country.

I know that Kenya is our immediate neighbour and they may not like this, but let me take this opportunity to thank the rest of Africa for saving us from Sheila. The Kenyan had most parents looking for the parental control buttons on their remote controls to save their children from the disgusting gay acts between Sheila and Meryl last Friday.