Guide to Museums

Africa has a rich and diverse historical, cultural and artistic heritage. There are approximately 1,000 museums across the African continent, showcasing everything from country-specific ethnography to cutting-edge sculptures to agricultural traditions and evolution. We invite you to browse the Africa.com Guide to Museums, the only comprehensive database of museums in Africa!

Blogging on Culture

Africa Style Daily: Spotlight on Maxhosa by Laduma Knitwear
by Zandile Blay

Dynamic young designers are emerging from the continent at a rapid rate. Laduma Nxhkolo of South Africa is one such talent.

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Akwaaba NYC!: Blitz The Ambassador Performs at Webster Hall
by Africa.com Editorial Staff

Ghanaian-born, Brooklyn-based hip hop artist Blitz the Ambassador played his first New York homecoming show at Webster Hall, coming off a 10-week tour, which began in Accra and included over 30 shows in Europe.

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Africa Style Daily: Rachel Roy Debuts ′The Ghana Clutch′
by Zandile Blay

American designers are creating a new trend: charity chic. From Nicole Miller to Rachel Roy, designers are creating products and collections with the sole purpose of giving the profit away. Today, we highlight one such product by Rachel Roy.

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Arts and Culture News

Zimbabwe: SA's Zahara Expected in March
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:31:01 GMT
[The Herald] SOUTH AFRICA'S pop sensation, Zahara, is expected to stage her maiden performance in Zimbabwe on March 2 courtesy of May 7 Entertainment.

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South Africa: Movie Star Joins Govt to Help Youth
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:33:05 GMT
[BuaNews] Durban - Popular South African actress Leleti Khumalo has joined forces with the KwaZulu-Natal government to help improve the standard of living for many youths.

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Namibia: Himba Village Yet to See Fruits of Independence
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:04 GMT
[OSISA] Namibia, in common with neighboring Botswana, is often lauded as an example of a country which has successfully negotiated the perils of post-independent statehood to take its place as a model citizen in the community of democratic nations. Blessed with relative stability, an abundance of natural resources and, importantly, a liberal constitution, Namibia appears to be ideally placed to provide all its citizens with a decent life consisting of access to quality education, healthcare and economic opportunit

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Uganda: We Either 'Kill' Culture or Preserve Life
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:38:19 GMT
[Monitor] ELEVEN-year-old Cheyech Lima of Doo village in Nakapipirit District died on July 9, 2010, in the bush due to over bleeding-a common FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) complication. According to the "surgeon", one Cheptchai, he was not only cutting for the first time, but hurriedly for fear of the law. "My grand father used to be a 'surgeon'. So elders asked me to start because we needed to cut as many girls as possible," Cheptchai says.

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Ethiopia: Jazz and World Music Festival
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:34:05 GMT
[RNW Africa] During the last four days, some of the Ethiopia's finest and most talented jazz musicians and selected bands from abroad have been playing in the "Acacia Jazz Festival & World Music". It is one of the first "Outdoor Jazz" festivals to be held in Addis Ababa and it is designed to entertain not only jazz lovers but also their families.

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South Africa: 'Resurrected Kwazulu-Natal Artist' Questioned
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:30:39 GMT
[SAPA] Durban - A man claiming to be resurrected maskandi artist Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Mseleku will appear in the Nquthu Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

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Nigeria: Waiting in the Wings
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:34:05 GMT
[This Day] Afro Hip Hop singer Jibola Toriola is a week away from dropping his debut album after a short but prolific music spell, writes Adewole Ajao

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Zimbabwe: Kwamereki to Reopen Weekend
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:01:03 GMT
[The Herald] Popular open air drinking and braai spot KwaMereki will reopen this weekend after it was closed last week due to fears of disease outbreaks.

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South Africa: Connecting Cultures in the Commonwealth Through Music
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:16:30 GMT
[Commonwealth] South African musician Hugh Masekela celebrates the 2012 Commonwealth theme at concert

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Cameroon: Mvet 2011 - X-Maleya wins best music award
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:01:44 GMT
[Cameroon Tribune] A jury of over 20 professionals from the media and music world met in the Centre Regional Station of the Cameroon Radio Television, CRTV, in Yaounde on Saturday February 3 to select from among 20 nominees, the best musical talents in the Centre Region for 2011. It took one hour thirty minutes for the results of the "Mvet d'Or" music award to be known.

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Angola: Carnival Groups Worried With Delay of Awards
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:19:02 GMT
[ANGOP] Luena - The representatives of the carnival groups of eastern Moxico province are concerned with the delay on divulgation of the awards 2012, ANGOP learnt this Tuesday from an official source.

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Source: allafrica.com