Category : ARTS & CULTURE

During November and December 2015, the Writing Studio will present pro-active and interactive workshops for aspiring screenwriters, playwrights and creative writers at its studio in...

MTN Group has won the 2015 Global Brand of the Year Award. The announcement was made at the World Branding Award ceremony held in London...

Prehistoric Man in Cave (Shutterstock www.shutterstock.com)  DNA extracted from the skull of a man buried 4,500 years ago in an Ethiopian cave is providing new...

Director Sherif El Bendary received three awards for his new film within Final Cut in Venice workshop as part of the ongoing installment of Venice...

The DR Congo’s UN mission chief on Wednesday slammed a government ban on an acclaimed film about Congolese surgeon Denis Mukwege, who has treated thousands...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The World Bank is updating its policies protecting the poor and the environment in Bank- financed projects. The World Bank launched the 3rd...

BY : ROSSELLA LORENZI Joe Uziel, co-director of the excavation from the Israel Antiquities Authority, sitting atop the 2,000-year-old stepped structure. SHAI HALEVY/IAA GreatArchaeologicalDiscoveriesAhead:Photos VIEW CAPTION ...

Nine princes, at the weekend, emerged top contenders from the Giesi Ruling House for the vacant stool of Ooni of Ife, vacated by Oba Okunade...

ARTSY EDITORIAL Now in its eighth year, FNB Joburg opens its 2015 edition next week with a lineup featuring some of the strongest names in...

“Dheepan” wins Palme d’Or; Rooney Mara, Emmanuelle Bercot and Vincent Lindon take acting honors French director Jacques Audiard‘s “Dheepan” is the best film of the...

Just a stone throw away from Rusizi (formerly Cyangugu) district lies a historical site that is linked to once exiled King Yuhi V Musinga, who...

Picking the greatest sonnets of all time involves personal taste and fancy. (So if you disagree with my choices, please feel free to compile your...

Tapiwa Matsinde’s book, Contemporary Design Africa, challenges perceptions of African creativity by focusing on design and innovation on the continent. Tapiwa Matsinde is a British-Zimbabwean...

On the 63rd anniversary of the 23 July 1952 revolution, Ahram Online revisits classic films that attempted to capture changes in the socio-political system Adham...

The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) praised the people of Timbuktu for reconstructing cultural heritage sites destroyed by armed groups, saying “those...

  By Molara Wood Title: The Rain Fardel Author: Tade Ipadeola 71pp, Khalam Collective, Ibadan, (Nigeria), 2005   To poet, Tade Ipadeola, the guises of...

A legal battle has ensued between Insurance Company of East Africa (ICEA), FedEx Express and Ms Irene Muteteri, a client of the two companies. Ms...

The past has a disconcerting habit of bursting, uninvited and unwelcome, into the present. This year history gate-crashed modern America in the form of a...

Posted about an hour ago PHOTO: Flexn will be one of the many performances inspired from the Congo involved in this year’s Brisbane Festival.(Supplied: Brisbane...

Ghana dancehall sensation Stonebwoy has picked up the Best International Act: Africa award at the 2015 BET awards ceremony at Los Angeles in the USA....