In her first moments with the reader, Oge is seated on a train, moving cautiously towards its destination, with passengers moving in and out of stale railway carriage seats, entering and exiting anonymously with each passing station.

A book on Aids and violence against Namibian women and children was launched at the Katutura Community Arts Centre on Tuesday evening.

Jackee Budesta Batanda is a communications officer at of Refugee Law Project. She has been Writer-in-Residence at Lancaster University, England, and Peace Writer at the University of San Diego, California. Her short stories have been short listed for the Macmillan

The National Institute for Religious Matters (INAR) will release on 21 May a book entitled "Religion and Study", ANGOP learnt Friday here from the INAR's director, Fátima Vieiga.

CFX Bank has upgraded the DSTV payment process by introducing a new system, which promptly notifies Multichoice of payments leading to the subsequent crediting of the subscribers' accounts.

AFTER thrilling fans at the recent Chimanimani Arts Festival, the musical group Bongo Love will embark on a four-month tour of the United States on Sunday.

MEXICAN guitarist Morgan Szymanski makes a welcome return to Harare this month for the latest classical music event hosted by Celebrity Subscription Concerts.

With seven contestants remaining, the race for the $200,000 job and the perks that coat it has tightened at The Apprentice Africa.

Alliance Francaise de Kampala (AFK) and the Uganda German Cultural Society (UGCS) will give another unknown but talented Ugandan fine artist a platform to showcase his work this Friday starting 6p.m.

Culture enthusiasts are in for a treat next Wednesday May 21 when the National Theatre plays host to the World Culture Day. The event is part of Unesco's Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity initiative and is celebrated annually.

Film buffs at the just-concluded Fifth Amakula Kampala International Film Festival must have wondered why the film showcase did not start on time last Thursday.

Most of the young performers had to look up to their older counterparts for guidance in executing their dance routines. Their enthusiasm, however, made up for their absentmindedness.

Mutare was last Saturday a hive of activity as several dance groups thronged the city to attend the Jibilika dance festival where the Manicaland Province representative for the finals were selected.

The Warehouse Theatre, a popular watering hole here pulsated to protest and lamentation music last week as scores of reggae musicians shared the stage in a week-long reggae festival partly in memory of the late legendary apostle of reggae music,

A Nama musician has teamed up with other talented instrumentalists from various parts of southern Africa and has formed a jazz band that has brightened up Sunday afternoons in Windhoek.

The first instrumental music CD of the Angolan poetess Amélia da Lomba, entitled "Verso, Prece e Canto" (verse, prayer and chant) is to be released this Friday.

Theatre history is to be made next Wednesday with a special performance of the Aids puppet-play, The Trumpet Player, at the National Council.