Major Lazer Debuts Afrobeats Mix And Shares New Song Featuring Burna Boy
by Tori Hartshorn - September 13, 2018 Major Lazer debut a brand new Afrobeats Mix, blending music from across the continent and lending their global platform to trendsetting African artists and their longtime inspirations and collaborators, as well as teasing new music, here.... 
Review Roundup: QUEENS GIRL IN AFRICA at Mosaic Theater
by Alan Henry - January 11, 2018 Mosaic Theater presents Caleen Sinnette Jennings' QUEENS GIRL IN AFRICA, the sequel to her 2015 QUEENS GIRL IN THE WORLD. Set in the 1960s, this one-woman show tells the story of a young Jacqueline Marie Butler, who travels to Nigeria after Malcom X is assassinated. QUEENS GIRL IN AFRICA opened Janu... 
Bantwanas' NGITHANDA Feat. Samthing Soweto Now Available for Pre-Order
by Macon Prickett - April 10, 2018 Cape Town based musical ensemble Bantwanas drop their debut single 'Ngithanda' featuring the vocal talents of renowned local singer Samthing Soweto.... 
Welsh Theatre Charity Launches Pioneering Project In Lesotho
by Stephi Wild - January 31, 2018 Award-winning theatre company, Hijinx, is taking a group of learning disabled actors and staff to tour the landlocked country of Lesotho from 10-25 of February, in a ground-breaking performance project called Able to Act....
WNBA Star Chiney Ogwumike Joins ESPN to Co-Host SportsCenter Across Africa
by Caryn Robbins - June 15, 2017 Chiney Ogwumike, the 2014 WNBA Rookie of the Year, All-Star and former first overall pick in the WNBA draft, has joined ESPN as the co-host of SportsCenter across sub-Saharan Africa. Ogwumike, who earlier this year signed a multi-year extension with the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, will co-host the Afri... 
Weezer's Cover of Toto's AFRICA Reaches Number One at Alternative Radio
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 14, 2018 Weezer continues to bless the rains! This past May, the band released two covers of Toto songs, a response to a Twitter campaign started by a then fourteen year old fan in Cleveland who thought the band would be a perfect candidate to play “Africa.” Turns out everyone agreed with her -- the band's... 
South Africa's Best Comedians Headline CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS Comedy Benefit Showcase at The Fugard Theatre
by David Fick - July 22, 2017 Clowns Without Borders South Africa is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a once-off Comedy Benefit Showcase at the iconic Fugard Studio Theatre this August. Featuring the comic talents of Rob van Vuuren, Nik Rabinowitz, Sne Dladla, Shimmy Isaacs, Daniel Mpilo Richards, Yaaseen Barnes and CJ Be... 
Viacom Announces Strategic Partnership with Trevor Noah's Day Zero Productions
by Tori Hartshorn - March 26, 2018 Viacom Inc. today announced a strategic partnership with Day Zero Productions, an international production and distribution company led by Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.' Under the long-term deal, Viacom will have exclusive 'first look' rights on all projects...
The Fugard Theatre Presents World Premiere of Louis Viljoen's THE EULOGISTS
by BWW News Desk - April 24, 2017 Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre present the world premiere of double Fleur du Cap writer award winner Louis Viljoen's new play, THE EULOGISTS. Viljoen is the Fugard Theatre's Writer in Residence and THE EULOGISTS excitingly marks his first offering in this position.... 
Brittanie Richardson Subject of New Episode of Amazon Series OUTrageous
by A.A. Cristi - November 29, 2017 Episode three of season two of the hit Amazon docu-series OUTrageous premiered this week with the focus of theater arts as therapy in Africa....
Photo Flash: First Look at Conservation Theater's FRESH FROM AFRICA at Planet Connections
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2017 Conservation Theater: Fresh from Africa, presented by Conservation Theater, written and performed by by Bricken Sparacino, benefits the Wildlife Conservation Society in its run at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below!... 
Filming Underway for Second Season of Sundance TV's Spy Thriller DEUTSCHLAND86
by Caryn Robbins - September 14, 2017 SundanceTV, UFA Fiction and FremantleMedia International have begun production of the much-awaited spy thriller drama DEUTSCHLAND86. The second season of the critically acclaimed and award-winning series will film across South Africa and Berlin.... 
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for BBC and Netflix's BLACK EARTH RISING Starring John Goodman and Michaela Coel
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 10, 2018 John Goodman and Michaela Coel to star in BAFTA-winner Hugo Blick's thriller Black Earth Rising for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, while Netflix holds global rights, according to Deadline....
Wines of South Africa (WOSA) Named International Partner at 3rd Annual Oakland Wine Festival
by Marina Kennedy - June 28, 2017 Wines of South Africa (WOSA) USA (http://www.wosa.us/), the industry association which promotes the exports of South African wine, is excited to announce participation in the 3rd annual Oakland Wine Festival (http://www.oaklandwinefestival.com) on Saturday July 15th, 2017. Following a successful Kic... 
MUZI Announces New Album AFROVISION + New Single NU DAY Out Now
by Macon Prickett - March 28, 2018 With crossover success at home in South Africa, and the likes of Damon Albarn, Stormzy, Ghetts, DJ Target, Africa Express, and Diplo,championing his music internationally, MUZI has firmly established himself as one of the country's hottest artists. Released on his own imprintWE.THE.BUNDU via !K7 and... 
Jewish Women's Theatre to Host Author Talk on 'Sephardic Women's Voices'
by Julie Musbach - December 26, 2017 Author Nina B. Lichtenstein will discuss her new book, Sephardic Women's Voices: Out of North Africa at her exclusive Los Angeles appearance presented in partnership by JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa) and Jewish Women's Theatre (JWT) at The Braid in Santa Monica on Tuesd...
Photo Flash: Smoke & Mirrors Present Reading of OLITYELWE
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2017 OLITYELWE (The Forgotten) comes to Washington D.C. after performing off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters in New York and touring internationally in partnership with the US State Department in South Africa and to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at Summerhall.... 
Africa Centre Opens Applications for Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center and Other Worldwide Residencies
by David Fick - October 29, 2017 The Africa Centre is currently accepting applications for its 2017 Artist In Residency Programmes. The centre is offering residencies in Australia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and the United States of America.... 
VIDEO: Watch Trevor Noah and Omarosa Discuss Her New Book on THE DAILY SHOW
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 15, 2018 Former Trump White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman discusses her book 'Unhinged' and gives her personal take on how to disempower the controversy-driven president.... 
Playwrights Guild of Canada's CASA Award Honors Three Women Playwrights in South Africa
by BWW News Desk - November 01, 2017 The CASA Award, a new playwriting award for women in South Africa, was announced at Playwrights Guild of Canada's Tom Hendry Awards this past Sunday at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.... 
Comedian Trevor Noah Comes to Orlando This Winter
by Julie Musbach - October 16, 2017 Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and AEG Presents announce the Orlando appearance of comedian and television host Trevor Noah.... 
Nominations Now Open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld South Africa Awards!
by Alan Henry - October 02, 2017 Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2017 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards! Regional productions, touring shows, community theatre and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Our local editors have set the categories and now YOU get to no... 
Minnesota Little Free Library Delivered to Historic Alexandria Library in Egypt
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017 A piece of Midwestern literary culture now resides in one of the world's oldest libraries in Alexandria, Egypt, thanks to a joint effort by nonprofits Books For Africa, Little Free Library, Minnesota Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Minnesota Book Awards program.... 
Mamela Nyamza Double Bill Comes to the Baxter Theatre This October
by David Fick - October 08, 2017 Choreographer, dance artist and activist, Mamela Nyamza, brings two of her acclaimed and confrontational works, ROCK TO THE CORE and DE-APART-HATE, to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio for a short season this October.... |
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