[From our Archive published February 2009] AfricanOz chats with comedian and refugee welfare worker Mujahid Ahmed – who’s solo comedy show ‘African Time’ premieres at Adelaide Fringe Festival in March 2009. He’s Australia’s best known Sudanese stand-up comedian (“by default” he jokes), and regards himself as half African half Australian (“I mean I could easily [...]
From our Archive published May 2007 African Australian author and journalist, Edison Yongai, discusses his lifetime love of stories and writing – and its ultimate cost: being forced to flee his homeland of Sierra Leone. Edison is appearing at Sydney Writer’s Festival. As a child in primary school in in Kono District in Sierra Leone, I [...]
AfricanOz has launched a new FREE, NATIONAL bi-monthly newspaper: AfricanOz in print. The paper is distributed every two months around Australia with Full Colour pictures. Original stories and interviews (most not featured on AfricanOz website). To SUBSCRIBE and receive the first issue Click here Don’t miss this beautifully designed newspaper/magazine! To view in full screen click [...]
Artist Sutueal Bekele exhibition at Melbourne Australian Stock Exchange Opening Tuesday 27th of July. Exhibition runs 28 July to 12 August. Opening ceremony at 5.30pm. Exhibition runs 8am to 6pm M-F at the Australia Stock Exchange building, 530 Collins Street, Melbourne. From our Archive Sutueal Bekele Althe, born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is influenced by [...]
‘Take me as I am’ Mixed media on wood board by Edem Badu Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 6:30pm Esco Art Gallery, 386-388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Ghanaian born Artist residing in Melbourne. Debut solo art exhibition. An eclectic collection imbued by moments, lessons and epiphanies; Edem Badu recreates and freezes time as she signs off [...]
Mulatu Astatke is widely credited as the musical genius who integrated “jazz” with Ethiopian music in the 1960s, sparking an exciting genre of music that took the country by storm and eventually attracted international attention as ‘Ethio Jazz’. This is the latest release and the tracks were recorded with members of Either/Orchestra in Boston, with [...]
Release Date: 17-May-2006 Genre: LifeStyle – African Soccer Subtitles: English subtitles Runtime: 60.0 mins Format: DVD, All Regions (PAL) Catalogue: MMA2428 Documentary / Rated PG Narrated by: LES MURRAY of SBS a one hour television special looking at the progress and standing of African football (soccer) from Casablanca to the Cape. It explores not only [...]
Now available on AfricanOzshop.com Ali & Toumani is an album of duets from two of Africa’s most distinguished musicians, the late guitarist Ali Farka Touré and kora player Toumani Diabaté. In The Heart Of The Moon, the duo’s first album together, won a Grammy following its 2005 release. After the success of their first album [...]
Now available on AfricanOzshop.com Appalled by the environmental destruction taking place in her native Madagascar as a result of climate change and slash and burn agriculture, singer Razia Said has created an inspired musical call to action. Buoyed by the irresistible rhythms and catchy melodies of traditional Malagasy music, Razia adds an accessible contemporary approach [...]
The Rough Guide To Afrobeat Revolution Various (Rough Guide, RGNET1222) Afrobeat Revolution takes Fela’s intoxicating cocktail of Nigerian highlife and James Brown swagger and blends it with the new generation of African revolutionary sounds, leaving you shaken by the rhythm and stirred by the message. 2xCD Special Edition – Featuring a bonus source CD by [...]
