Africa Fashion Week (AFW)

Event

New York, USA

africafashionweek.com

Description:

AFRICA FASHION WEEK (AFW) hosts a series of events geared towards to the ethical development and empowerment of Africa’s Fashion Industry

Africa in Motion

Festival

Edinburgh, UK

https://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/

Description:

Africa in Motion (AiM) is an annual African film festival taking place  in Scotland, consisting of film screenings and complementary events. Now in  its sixteenth year, AiM brings the best of African cinema to Scotland—making  it possible for Scottish audiences to engage with African stories and  industry professionals from the continent.

Africa in Motion Festival (AiM). Podcast based on the book Women in African Cinema: Beyond the Body Politic by Lizelle Bisschoff and Stefanie Van de Peer. “Women in African Cinema.” Recorded online in 2019. Video, 25:08. https://vimeo.com/420840316

The third in the podcast series based on the book Women in African Cinema: Beyond the Body Politic, by Lizelle Bisschoff and Stefanie Van de Peer. In this edition, they talk about the role of women in filmmaking in the DRC and South Africa.

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Africa Institute of South Africa

Think-Tank  

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Contact: Email: bsuhlane@hsrc.ac.za

ai.org.za

Description:

The organization aims to be at the forefront of research and training on African Affairs and to foster a new generation of research specialists. It produces research on African security through qualified researchers who conduct field research throughout the African continent.

Africa is a Country: Nkrumah's Legacy

Date: September 21, 2020

Summary:

This episode of AIAC Talk, Africa is a Country's live show, focused on Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first Prime Minister. The panel, featuring journalist Anakwa Dwamena and historian Ben Talton, aimed to unpack Nkrumah's legacy and discuss his enduring impact on the present generation. Nkrumah, who declared Ghana's independence in 1957, emphasized the inseparable link between Ghana's independence and the broader liberation of Africa. Despite facing challenges and ultimately being overthrown in 1966, Nkrumah's influence is experiencing a resurgence, prompting a thoughtful exploration of his ideas and memory in this show.

Read about the interview here.

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Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)

Organization

Ikoyi, Nigeria

ama-awards.com

Description:

The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) is a subsidiary of the Africa  Film Academy. The Academy, founded on the best film tradition is geared towards research, training and propagating filmmaking in Africa.

African Arts

Academic journal

Cambridge, MA, USA

https://direct.mit.edu/afar

Description:

African Arts presents original research and critical discourse on traditional, contemporary, and popular African arts and expressive cultures. The journal offers readers peer-reviewed scholarly articles concerning a  striking range of art forms and visual cultures of the world’s second-largest  continent and its diasporas, as well as special thematic issues, book and  exhibition reviews, features on museum collections, exhibition previews,  artist portfolios, photo essays, contemporary dialogues, and editorials.

African Arts festival

Festival

New York, USA

https://iaafestival.org/about/

Description:

The International African Arts Festival (IAAFestival) began in 1971 and has been a part of Brooklyn cultural landscape for almost five decades. Over the years, the stages of the Festival has featured renowned artists who grew to achieve national and international acclaim.