Just two i-Player days left to catch up with the film version of the RSC’s production of Julius Caesar – “Shakespeare’s African play”. Set in a modern day African state after independence, with echoes of contemporary events in the Arab… Read More ›
Reviews – Events
Willem Boshoff – artist’s talk
Thanks to Evelyn Owen and her blog African Art in London for the heads-up for Willem Boshoff at the Tate Modern last week – a highly charismatic, interesting artist’s talk, laced with Boshoff’s characteristic humour – from one of South… Read More ›
Professor Micere Githae Mugo: Public Lecture at the University of Nairobi
Last month I was lucky enough to catch Micere Mugo’s public lecture and book launch at the University of Nairobi. In an attempt to share some more informal thoughts and reflections, I just wanted to post about a couple of… Read More ›
Conflict, Memory and Reconciliation: Bridging Past, Present and Future, SIT and National University of Rwanda, 10-13th January, Kigali
I attended this conference in Kigali last month, and just wanted to share a few thoughts and highlights from it. In his introduction one of the two keynote speakers, Professor Anastase Shyaka, highlighted that Rwanda is an evidence-base for research… Read More ›
Heal the Nation: Documentary Launch, 23 October 2011
Last month I was in Nairobi for the launch of the documentary ‘Heal the Nation’. This 30 minute film was created by Picha Mtaani (Swahili for ‘street exhibition’) a UN-funded initiative that focuses on reconciliation through ‘photographic exhibitions and debate’… Read More ›
