Culture
‘What a refreshing new film festival this was’
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureSimon Pierre Bell is a happy man who needs to catch up on a lot of lost sleep. He has initiated the very first all-documentary film festival in the Cameroon capital Yaoundé, Images En Live. A dream, five years in the making.
Images En Live showed some 50 films between December 9 and 12. The fact that Bell and his group of co-organisers paid for most…
SA: Jacob Zuma ties knot
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureA day long Zulu traditional wedding ceremony is currently underway in South Africa where President Jacob Zuma is to marry Thobeka Madiba. She will be his third wife. Zuma is a Zulu traditionalist who practices polygamy and has married five times. The 68-year-old has 19 children.
The Zulu traditional ceremony will run the whole day in Zuma’s home…
PEOPLE: The fortunate and unfortunate African
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureIf you have ever been to any international airport in Africa, you might have observed two kinds of African travellers: one holding his country's passport, and the other a foreign passport – an American, British or European Union.Both are Africans by origin, but do not possess the same power and status.
The first is African because he was born…
PEOPLE: Do you have faith in condoms?
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureWhen we were gullible teenagers our elders counselled us against sex and promiscuity. When we became young adults, the society showed us how sweet sex was and its bitter side, but that we could guard ourselves from trouble by slipping on a certain armour each time we were tempted by the irresistible.
That armour was simply condom! Use it and stay alive;…
PEOPLE: Is one wife enough for a man?
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureWhat's really wrong with having more than one wife, more than one mistress or more than one girlfriend? What's really wrong with alternating between different tastes and keeping the body and soul in absolute ecstasy? What's really unpalatable when a man does this, without detriment to a neighbour or the society?
Yet, the civilized world…
Zambian scoops Face of Africa
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureA 22-year-old Zambian has been adjudged winner of the prestigious 2010 Face of Africa modeling competition held in Nigeria. Lukando Nalungwe, a student at the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants beat nine others in the final round of the 30-member competition.
Lukando has since been awarded a modeling contract with O Model Africa and US$50,000.…
PEOPLE: What is it money can’t buy?
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS Culture"It is good, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy" – LORIMER. Have you ever asked yourself to know really the things money can't buy? I have, but couldn't readily find any – maybe I didn't ponder deeply enough or I was being overwhelmed by the power of money – I'm…
News in Culture, General News |PEOPLE: The failure you can`t avoid
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureFailure is in the process of making success. Those who avoid failure also avoid success – Robert Kiyosaki. The one thing nobody wants to hear is failure. The one thing everybody wants to hold is success. Life ushers us this cheerful desire to keep fuelling our efforts of attaining an enviable summit.
But how many of you really know that success and…
Jamaican reggae star to rock Ghana
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureInternational reggae musician Sizzla Kalonji is expected to perform to thousands of reggae lovers in Ghana in a show dubbed "Sizzla Kalonji Reggae Concert".
According to Ghana News Agency, the Jamaican born star who is one of the most commercially and critically successful contemporary reggae artists will perform in two separate venues in…
Ghanaian singer supports children
September 7, 2010 | Source: AfricaNews - RSS CultureOne of the leading female vocalists in Ghana, Rebecca Acheampong or simply referred to as Becca is on a mission to help raise resources for at least 10,000 Ghanaian children to be signed onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
According to the singer she decided to embark on this campaign when she visited a local hospital in early 2009. “I…