Presented with the kind assistance of the Japanese Embassy and the Japan Foundation. Japanese cinema as in all Japanese art is intrinsically linked to seasonal changes and the world of natural order and water – the sea, the rain, the ...

The a.s.k. trio is a perfect example of jazz's ability to bridge continents and cultures, in this case bringing together three musicians from Africa, Asia and Europe in a musical conversation that transcends the cultural and language barriers that normally ...

In his inaugural lecture as the first black vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State (UFS), Prof. Jonathan Jansen discussed what is now dubbed the 'Reitz racist video'. Prof. Jansen posed the question: "What was it within the institution ...

Part of the series entitled "THE SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SAVAGERY" The Camera Goes into the Heart Of Darkness – Oh the Horror! The National Arts Festival thanks the Italian Cultural Centre, the Brazilian Embassy and the Goethe Institute ...

Aernout Zevenbergen speaks about the tools he used in gathering material for his book which portrays a side of African men that seems hardly ever noticed by the mainstream media. Zevenebergen is a professional wanderer and 'storycatcher', with Africa as ...

This book is a personal quest by the Zambian-born, journalist Aernout Zevenbergen to discover the meaning of manhood in Africa, during an era plagued by economic and political troubles, violence, and aids. Zevenbergen asks questions few have dared to ask ...

Part of the series entitled "THE SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SAVAGERY" The Camera Goes into the Heart Of Darkness – Oh the Horror!  ...

A walkabout of the African Guernica exhibition, led by an arts expert who can help explain the context and inspiration for the artists' work.

The music of Africa has a freshness and vitality that the world loves and responds to, and jazz musicians around the world are inspired by its rhythms and sounds. Tonight we have three very experienced South African musicians performing with ...

Presented with the kind assistance of the Japanese Embassy and the Japan Foundation. Japanese cinema as in all Japanese art is intrinsically linked to seasonal changes and the world of natural order and water – the sea, the rain, ...

The unit “AGA-SHIO” was formed by a shamisen player Hiromitsu Agatsuma and a pianist Satoru Shionoya aiming at fusing eastern and western instruments; Tsugaru Shamisen, a Japanese traditional musical instrument and piano. Agatsuma had been aspiring Shionoya’s work and eagerly ...

Presented with the kind assistance of the French Institute in Johannesburg (IFAS), the French Embassy and Culturesfrance. The French writers Alain Robbe-Grillet and Marguerite Duras were the masters of the literary movement the Nouveau Roman, a literary style that was ...

Springing forth from deep tradition and expanding into the infinite, AkashA seeks to explore beyond the boundaries of tradition and beyond the constraints of culture. This vibrant 7-piece World Fusion Music band plays music ...

Albie Sachs reflects on his fifteen years on the Constitutional Court and the manner - often unexpected - in which subjective life experiences enter into the objective decision making of a judge.

This talk reflects on the contested memory of the shooting of protestors on 21 March 1960 during the Pan Africanist Congress' (PAC's)s Positive Action against the pass laws. The talk will investigate how the shootings have been remembered in the ...

(USA/UK 2010) Director: Tim Burton Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover From Walt Disney Pictures comes this epic fantasy adventure, which is ...

Ozzie Riley Artistic Director support by Zamuxolo Mgoduka Amathole is a magical mixture of more than one could imagine in a single theatrical event. Aimed at family ...

Direction by Ozzie Riley Artistic Director support by Zamuxolo Mgoduka Amathole is a magical mixture of more than one could imagine in a single theatrical event. ...

A spectacle using fire, lights, flares and fireworks Theme created and directed by Pietro Chiarenza Artists Ettore Rugenenti with Nicola Cazzalini, Simone Bacchett, Alfio Campana, Alessia ...

It comes as something of a surprise when looking at British film history to see how few female directors there were until recent times. In the early seventies Jane Arden stood almost alone as a female ...

(Denmark 2009) Written & director: Lars von Trier Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe Courtesy of Video Vision Beginning in glistening beauty as ...

Prof. Marcia Blumberg, York University, Toronto describes Experiments in Freedom as "a pleasure to read...The writing exudes clarity and the arguments are cogently rehearsed... [It] guides the reader on a journey that is concomitantly ...

Sunnyside Sal is the story of an unusual friendship between two boys growing up in Pretoria. It's a jauntily narrated novella set in the tumultuous early 1990s, when a whole generation was discovering that ...

This is simply voice and double bass; music divested of everything superfluous; back to the essence of jazz. And boy, do they swing! Dutch performers Paulien van Schaik (vocals) and Hein Van de Geyn (bass) are ...

Ashley Westaway poses some fundamental questions about the nature of the contemporary South African nation-state. Do its inhabitants live in a new country, one that has no history? Or is the post-1994 era rather than the latest ...

Presented with the kind assistance of the Japanese Embassy and the Japan Foundation. Japanese cinema as in all Japanese art is intrinsically linked to seasonal changes and the world of natural order ...