http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Culture & Arts"  in "Africa" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:37:36 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 1482 | Nigeria: Hostilities, Drama As Celebrity Takes2 Hots Up http://en.redtram.com/go/232997004/top100/ 232997004 Hostilities, intrigues and drama as celebrity artistes don their dancing shoes in the race to determine the best celebrity dancer in this year Celebrity Takes 2 reality show. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:15:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232997004/top100/ 1482 | Kenya: Judge Okays Airing of Tv Programme http://en.redtram.com/go/232996975/top100/ 232996975 A judge has declined to bar a local media house from broadcasting a programme alleged to be defamatory. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:15:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996975/top100/ 1482 | Zimbabwe: Big Brother - Will Itai the Cat Survive to Fight Another Day? http://en.redtram.com/go/232996963/top100/ 232996963 BORELDINE," the tag given to Big Brother evictee Geraldine -- a blending of the word boring and her name -- seems to have some credence since the Nigerian amassed the least amount of votes from the reality show's viewers resulting Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:15:01 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996963/top100/ 1482 | Gambia: UK's Biggest Modelling Competition to Promote the Country -Fatima Jabbie http://en.redtram.com/go/232996955/top100/ 232996955 Mrs Fatima Jabbie of Fabecs Promotion, has expressed her profound sense of gratitude for staging the final and biggest modelling competition ever hosted by the Promotion, to be held in The Gambia on the 5th of December 2009. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:14:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996955/top100/ 1482 | Gambia: Roots Homecoming Festival http://en.redtram.com/go/232996923/top100/ 232996923 The Gambia's International Homecoming Roots Festival attracts visitors to the Motherland to enjoy the rich cultural experience of a lifetime. Remember Alex Haley's 'Roots'? This is the place Kunta Kinteh originated from.Tanje Village Museum. The Tanje village museum is a Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:14:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996923/top100/ 1482 | Gambia: Remembering Miriam Makeba - Early Years http://en.redtram.com/go/232996902/top100/ 232996902 Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg in 1932. Her mother was a Swazi and her father, who died when she was six, was a Xhosa. As a child, she sang at the Kilmerton Training Institute in Pretoria, which she Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:14:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996902/top100/ 1482 | Nigeria: 'Amaa Has Improved Nollywood' http://en.redtram.com/go/232996881/top100/ 232996881 Film making technology across the world in its early stage was difficult, especially in the area of setting up the equipment. In some places it was virtually non-existent, until change started when the government of Nigeria begun to pressure local Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:14:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996881/top100/ 1482 | Nigeria: Julius Agwu's Comedy Train Hits Terra Kulture http://en.redtram.com/go/232996870/top100/ 232996870 Frontline comedian, Julius Agwu is set to host his long awaited comedy club, which he calls Comedy Train at Terra Kulture. According to Julius who has become an icon of the comedy industry in Nigeria, the event, which is taking Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:14:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996870/top100/ 1482 | Nigeria: The Father of Nollywood http://en.redtram.com/go/232996808/top100/ 232996808 At a time when there was nothing like Nollywood, Okechukwu Ogunjiofor, came out with a home movie - Living in Bondage which instantly became a hit. He later churned out more other nine movies thereby pioneering what is today the Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:13:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996808/top100/ 1482 | Nigeria: Reel Women, Stand to Be Counted! http://en.redtram.com/go/232996784/top100/ 232996784 Filmmakers must be very intelligent and broad-minded, with strong skills. Liberal arts study is so important. It makes you a fairly well rounded person. It exposes you to the languages, ethics, philosophy, history, and social sciences. Films are all about Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:13:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996784/top100/ 1482 | South Africa: Solidarity With Nature More Than Just Bull http://en.redtram.com/go/232996743/top100/ 232996743 HUMANKIND is part of nature. This is what we tend to forget when we engage in acts of destruction such as the devastation of rain forests, the choking of our atmosphere with carbon dioxide and the annihilation of animal and Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:13:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996743/top100/ 1482 | South Africa: Even a Multiculturalist Must Sometimes Say No http://en.redtram.com/go/232996711/top100/ 232996711 WHY would anyone in their right mind try to kill a bull with their bare hands? I am not Zulu enough to know the answer. I am certainly not brave enough to have a go either. But this ritual appears Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:13:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996711/top100/ 1482 | Botswana: Pastor Releases Album http://en.redtram.com/go/232996683/top100/ 232996683 A 23-year-old pastor has released an R & B album titled I Need You. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:13:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996683/top100/ 1482 | Botswana: Singer Maake Keen to Prove He Apes No One http://en.redtram.com/go/232996656/top100/ 232996656 It is obvious that everybody who cuts an album wants to be seen as the best thing that ever happened to the music industry and the genre he or she is doing. It is thus not surprising that one of Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:12:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996656/top100/ 1482 | Botswana: African Countries Told to Take Art Seriously http://en.redtram.com/go/232996621/top100/ 232996621 One of the facilitators at the ongoing Southern African Development Community (SADC) workshop for visual artistes at Motse Lodge in Kanye has applauded Botswana government's policy to buy most of its art decorations from local artistes. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:12:51 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996621/top100/ 1482 | Botswana: Bomu Honours BRA Malombo http://en.redtram.com/go/232996588/top100/ 232996588 The recent award that the Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) bestowed on veteran muso Malombo Mmereki was in recognition of his immense contribution to local music. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:12:40 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996588/top100/ 1482 | Africa: Big Brother - Itai's Time is Up http://en.redtram.com/go/232996550/top100/ 232996550 Having survived a number of evictions, Itai is finally up for eviction with Africa baying for his blood. Last week the Zimbabwean survived when he saved himself and put Nigeria's Geraldine up, who was eventually evicted. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:12:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996550/top100/ 1482 | Uganda: I Am Not Finished! - Mega Dee http://en.redtram.com/go/232996534/top100/ 232996534 I lost 70 million shillings in that show," 'General' Mega Dee reveals as he talks about his Kanida Akabadi launch at Hotel Africana earlier this year, which turned out to be a mega flop. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:12:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996534/top100/ 1482 | Nigeria: Cultural Week - A Reflection of Close Egypt-Nigeria Ties - Envoy http://en.redtram.com/go/232996501/top100/ 232996501 Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Nigeria, Sherif Naguib, has said that the second edition of the Egyptian cultural week in Nigeria was a reflection of the close cultural ties between the two countries. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:12:05 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996501/top100/ 1482 | Uganda: Carolyne Nakazibwe - When Hollywood Sneezes, Kampala Catches a Cold http://en.redtram.com/go/232996476/top100/ 232996476 Someone who returned to this city a couple of years ago after a stint in Europe admits he was amazed at how much transformation there was in the fashion industry. The girls' dress sense was very much in step with Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:11:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232996476/top100/