On 10th March, 2019, Ethiopian flight ET 302 made an unscheduled stop on its way from Addis to Nairobi and the ancestors rose to receive my old friend, Pius Adesanmi. Read More..
Culture & Life
“Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation” Exhibition in Lagos, Nigeria
On February 9, 2019 at the Nigerian Railway Corporation compound in Ebute-Metta, Lagos the Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian conversation opened. “The exhibition is a conversation as well as an intervention Read More..
Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu talks with Design Indaba
The message read: “So sorry love. Film got banned and all hell broke loose.” I still remember the day clearly, back in April on Freedom Day (in South Africa) where Read More..
A Scholar’s Account of Departed Tanzanian Media Guru, Ruge Mutahaba’s Life
Atlanta — Ruge! Ruge has touched millions of Tanzanians. He was a pioneer in the entertainment industry. Ruge is many things to different people. For those of us who grew Read More..
2019 Feb. 20: Yithi Laba exhibition
Date: 28 February – 15 April 2019 Time: 6-8pm Venue: The Market Photo Workshop, Newtown, Johannesburg. Yithi Laba meaning This is Us is a command announcing the coming together of Read More..
Ethiopia takes Dutch Co to court over teff patent
Image:[Eva-Lotta Jansson/Oxfam America] Ethiopia government is set for a legal battle in respect of patent rights for teff – an African grass economically important as a cereal grass. Teff, famed Read More..