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Saturday, March 28th 2009, 2 - 6 PM at the building e-flux video rental is please to present Storytellers: an afternoon screening of Nollywood films selected by Clara Meister, with special thanks to Uli Seifert. the building Platz der Vereinten Nationen 14A Berlin 10249 DE T: 030 28 04 79 73 The Nigerian video-film industry started with a guerrilla attitude and grew over the past 15 years to be the third largest film industry worldwide, releasing more than 30 films per week. Strongly linked to daily West African life and told from a native point of view, Nollywood reaches its audience with stories of common concern, such as love, faith and betrayal. The introduction of affordable recording techniques promoted the rise of an industry whose medium was to become a mean of expression for future filmmakers. They distribute their movies in VHS and DVD to reach a large audience via sidewalks and local markets. The technical advancement provides not only a voice to many filmmakers. The democra...

Opening Times Tues - Sat 10am - 6pm Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos 9 McEwen Street, Sabo, Lagos Ms Solange Farkas is an internationally respected curator with a special interest in exploring relations between Brazil and Africa with Nigeria especially. She will be discussing issues on contemporary Brazilian Art.

Lagos Toast 12a TBS Lagos Nigeria A brand new shopping experience. Line up includes: Retail / High street clothing Vintage clothing Independent designers Jewelry Art and crafts Leather goods.....and much more So wear your comfortable shoes...and get ready to bargain hunt!!! http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=59992003364&mbox_pos=0#/group.php?gid=49616148275 What others have to say: http://inyamuakut.blogspot.com/2009/03/le-petit-marche.html

Hey, I am looking for internships/ residencies in France/ Belgium for arts administration, curating and producing. If you can help please send me an email at layobrown@yahoo.co.uk or comment on this post. Thanks!

BUILDING INSIGHTS; BREAKING BOUNDARIES MANUSCRIPTS SUBMISSION We are currently accepting manuscripts in all Fields of human Endeavour. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts Reporting recent developments in their fields. Papers submitted will Be sorted out and published in any of our numerous journals that best Fits. This is a special publication procedure which published works Will be discussed at seminars (organized by Elsevier) at strategic Cities all over the world. Please maximize this opportunity to Showcase your research work to the world. The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research not published nor currently under review by other journals. Parallel submissions will not be accepted. Our goal is to inform authors about their paper(s) within one week of receipt. All submitted papers, if relevant to the theme and objectives of the journal, will go through an external peer-review process. Submissions should include an abstract, 5-10 key words, ...

Fondazione di Venezia is about to launch the second phase of the project “Art Enclosures – Confini d’arte – Residencies for visiting international artists in Venice”, which started in 2008 in cooperation with Polymnia s.rl. and Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa. Fondazione di Venezia would like to bring to your attention the general terms and deadlines of the upcoming residency programme, which will take place in Venice from May to July 2009. The project consists in a three-month residency period that offers the opportunity and a series of activities of visibility for two emerging artists up to the age of 40 coming from the African continent. For each artist the project will cover travelling expenses and lodging at the accommodation provided by Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, plus a monthly grant of 700 euro before taxes for living and travelling expenses while in Venice. The programme makes available to the artists the spaces of the studios of the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa and part...

As the founder of the West African Museums Programme (1982-87) and Chief Curator of the National Museum of African Art (1987-97), Philip L. Ravenhill was a major creative force in the study, collection, preservation, and exhibition of African art. The Philip L. Ravenhill Fellowship is awarded to an art historian, cultural anthropologist, museum curator, or visual artist of African heritage. The Fellowship is intended to give deserving individuals the opportunity to travel, conduct research, or practice their art in North American or European museums or educational institutions. Preference is given to young or mid-career scholars or artists who have not recently had the opportunity to travel internationally. Applicants must secure the agreement of a potential host institution in advance of their application to be considered for the Ravenhill Fellowship. Such affiliation could also provide the recipient with matching funds. Support may be requested for periods of one to three months, and...

11th - 27th March 2009 Durban Art Gallery, Durban 2nd Floor,City Hall, Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001, South Africa The Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA,Lagos ) is pleased to present to a Durban audience its inaugural special projects initiative. “In the light of play” is an exhibition organised by Nigerian curator, Bisi Silva consisting of works by acclaimed artists; Berry Bickle (Zimbabwe) Sokari Douglas Camp (Nigeria/UK) Helga Kohl (Namibia) Bongi Bengu (South Africa), Pinar Yolacan (Turkey) and Monique Pelser (South Africa). In the light of play eschews a prescribed conceptual framework to highlight multiple connections, interconnections and even disconnections in the work of individual artists. Through this format the exhibition communicates the way in which artists are dealing with some of the salient issues in contemporary society as they affect us individually and collectively; culture and tradition, identity, memory, presence and absence, the body, consumption and ...

The African Journal of History and Culture (AJHC) publishes high-quality solicited and unsolicited articles, in all areas of the subject. All articles published in (AJHC) will be peer-reviewed. The following types of papers are considered for publication: •Original articles in basic and applied research. •Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays. Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the next issue. Instruction for authors and other details are available on our website www.academicjournals.org/AJHC. Prospective authors should send their manuscript(s) to African Journal of History and Culture (AJHC) Open Access One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access to research publications. AJHC is fully committed Open Access Initiative by providing free access to all articles (both abstract and full PDF text) as soo...