Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Four talented Ugandan students have celebrated their graduation from the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) East Africa Academy in Nairobi. The ceremony at the Hermosa Gardens Hotel acknowledged the exceptional achievements of these budding filmmakers who dedicated 12 months to refining their craft. Rinaldi Jamugisa, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has granted Shillings 1.2 billion to 14 locally scripted film and drama projects as part of a Content Development Support Program’s second cohort. Launched in 2021, the first cohort had 4 winners, while this year, 14 projects secured the grants. …
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Ina-Marie Shikongo deploys her art to protect the Okavango Delta ART | KATE OKORIE | Normally, seeing Ina-Marie Shikongo’s works in Dubai would seem incongruous; she is an activist whose layered textile designs convey powerful messages about climate action and the African continent. Dubai on the other hand, is a bastion of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union today held an art exhibition at Alliance francaise Kampala, showcasing art created by 46 youth finalists who participated in an art competition in West Nile. The campaign, launched during the 2023 World Refugee Day celebrations, targeted three refugee settlements, namely Rhino Camp, …
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ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Artist Henry Mzili Mujunga fits the description of an intellectual. From the time I have known him; which is close to two decades now; his conversations have always been intellectually nuanced. Even for light conversations like the weather or the Kampala traffic jam, he has a …
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Exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, show how cultural cross-pollination thrived across centuries and continents under Byzantine rule ART | AGENCIES | While trans-continental interventions on the African continent began with the 15th-century arrival of the Portuguese, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Africa & Byzantium exhibition demonstrates how …
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Content piracy is reducing opportunities for young creators to earn a living from their work. But the most insidious impact of entertainment content theft is how it undermines Africa’s ability to tell its own stories. Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | MultiChoice Africa Holdings recently launched a continent-wide television …
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ARTS | AGENCIES | US-based Ethiopian artist, Julie Mehretu, has made an indelible mark in the contemporary African art scene by setting a new auction record. Her abstract painting, ‘Walkers With the Dawn and Morning,’ was sold for a staggering $10.7 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, making it …
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INTERVIEW | THE INDEPENDENT | The award-winning musician and actress – Lydia Jasmine – will be one of the performers at the upcoming Roast and Rhyme “Cheers to the Holidays” edition that is happening at Jahazi Pier on Sunday 26th November, brought to you by Bell Lager and Swangz Avenue. We …
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Zimbabwe’s renowned stone sculpture tradition dates back to Great Zimbabwe, a mediaeval city known for its iconic stone walls, and from which Zimbabwe derives its name. Dominic Benhura has made a livelihood from his translations of this tradition, since the age of ten. ART | BIRD AGENCY | Armed with a small …
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