Art / Culture in Southern Africa

Marrakech Biennale – The convergence point of art in Africa
CASABLANCA, 2016/03/20 The event, first held in 2005, has this year drawn artists from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa.
Goethe Centre Upgrades to Institut Namibia
NAMIBIA, 2015/09/26 Increased funding by the German Federal government for its cultural activities overseas, has set in motion a series of steps to take the Goethe Centre in Windhoek to a fully-fledged branch of the Goethe Institut. One of the steps is to sign a new lease agreement with the Namibian government for the Von Estorff Haus, the old colonial building that housed the Goethe Centre since Independence.
Zimbabwe: Hifa 2015
ZIMBABWE, 2015/04/28 The Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) scheduled to start tomorrow Tuesday April 28 will be covered in depth by The Herald on this blog. This year's Harare International Festival of the Arts, which is running under the theme 'Articulate', kicks off tomorrow and closes on Sunday. Former Harare Mayor, Muchadeyi Masunda is the festival's chairman while artistic director and founder Manuel Bagorro and his sister, Maria Wilson, the executive director, still call the shots. They are assisted by Tafadzwa Simba who acts as the general manager with a host of a lot of who play different roles in the well-spoken HIFA team.

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