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Searching for Sugar Man

By Katie Reid on 14 August , 2012 • ( 4 )

The less you know about the subject matter of this film before seeing it, the better it is on watching – so I’ll steer clear of spoilers here and say you should definitely avoid the trailer beforehand if you can – but check… Read More ›

An African play? The RSC’s Julius Caesar, Africa Utopia, and the World Shakespeare Festival

By Katie Reid on 29 June , 2012 • ( 5 )

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 ›

Willem Boshoff – artist’s talk

By Katie Reid on 24 May , 2012 • ( 0 )

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 ›

Introducing Material Books

By Kate Wallis on 11 May , 2012 • ( 2 )

My next few posts on ‘Africa in Words’ are going to be focused on things I’ve been up to ‘professionally’, rather than my ‘research’ – although the two have some nicely blurred lines and intersections. This is partly because I… Read More ›

Cinema on the ground in Tanzania

By Katie Reid on 25 March , 2012 • ( 0 )

A documentary short by Christiane Buchmann – a name to watch for – Sinema Leo. This fantastic short, about Elisonguo Kiwia’s dream to show film and create a film industry in Tanzania armed with a van and a petrol powered… Read More ›

WikiAfrica Project

By Nara Improta on 3 February , 2012 • ( 0 )

Hi folks, while procrastinating surfing on the internet, I found this project WIKIAFRICA, and I think it may interest you. As they publish in their page: “WikiAfrica is a collaborative and international project designed to Africanize Wikipedia. The project will promote… Read More ›