Rwanda: Workshop highlights urgency of cultural heritage conservation
One of the participants speaks at the event. The New Tomes /Courtesy photo On May 7 and 8, the Ishyo Arts Centre partnered with the National Museums of Rwanda to hold a workshop on Cultural Heritage Conservation at the Kandt Museum in Nyarugenge. The workshop aimed to raise awareness among culture professionals of Rwanda about the need to preserve the More...
JKT arts troupe performance thrills Chinese Ambassador
The Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Lu Youqing, has been impressed by the performance of the National Service (JKT) arts troupe, which is expected to travel to China to participate in the Beijing International Arts More...
Squeezing art out of trash
One can turn trash like used straws and bottle tops into beautiful decor items like plastic flowers A few years back, during one dull afternoon, I decided to visit to a former high school classmate who was staying More...
Parkes Nii Ayikwei: Ambassador for the Arts inspires Rwandans
Award-winning Ghanaian writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes reads from and discusses his work with participants in Kigali. Parkes Nii Ayikwei is a Ghanaian writer, editor, socio-cultural commentator and performance poet. His More...
Doadoa gives EA arts a new lease of life
The festival attracted many acts from across East Africa. PHOTO BY CAESAR ABANGIRAH After almost a week of workshops and performances, Doadoa, the East Africa Performing Market will today hold a final show in Jinja. More...
Munch’s ‘Scream’ beats auction record at $119.9 mn
"The Scream" is one of four versions of a work that symbolized the existential angst and despair of the modern age (AFP/File, Carl Court) NEW YORK — The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch’s More...
Tanzanians urged to embrace domestic artworks
Tanzanians have been urged to buy artworks produced by domestic visual artists with a view to inspiring the development of the profession. A visual artist and the Managing Director of a visual art firm dubbed ‘Nyumba More...
Véronique Ahyi-Hoesle’s novel featured in Kigali
FOR Véronique Ahyi-Hoesle, writing is about imagination and experience. Her novels and characters draw heavily from life events – places she has been or people she has met. The slightest nuance in a stranger’s More...
The making of a Maasai elder
Khan being dressed in the cultural garb, thereby changing his status in life as far as the Maasai are concerned. Far left, the new elder catches on quickly. courtesy photo The picture is of a group of Maasai’s More...
Tanzania: Art project for refugees bears fruits
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with the Ujamaa Art Gallery (UAG), have implemented a project to nurture talents among refugees in Tanzania. According to UNHCR Deputy Country More...
