The 2nd annual African Film Festival Australia returns to screens in Sydney and Melbourne from the 4th till the 7th of April in Sydney and 24th till 26th of April in Melbourne.  Opening Night: Guests will be wowed with the global smash hit action/comedy Kenyan Nairobi Half Life following the life of an aspiring actor [...]

TREVOR NOAH COMES TO AUSTRALIA South African comedian Trevor Noah’s explosion onto the world comedy scene has been nothing short of meteoric with huge success in the UK and the US.  His sharp wit, intelligent commentary, and unmistakable charm have established him as an extremely popular comedian with undoubted world-class potential. Noah had his U.S. [...]

The 2nd annual African Film Festival Australia returns to screens in Sydney and Melbourne from the 4th till the 7th of April in Sydney and 24th till 26th of April in Melbourne. Opening Night: Guests will be wowed with the global smash hit action/comedy Kenyan Nairobi Half Life following the life of an aspiring actor [...]

FREE Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) for African Families Tuesdays 7 May – 2 July, 10am-12:30pm @ Ashfield Civic Centre (260 Liverpool Rd. Ashfield) Make raising your children easier and more fun. *Introduction *Session one – Positive parenting *Session two – Promoting children’s development *Session three/four – Managing misbehaviour *Session five – Planning ahead *Session [...]

EMERGE FESTIVAL June 1st – July 31st 2012 EMERGE FESTIVAL MAIN EVENT Celebrating Refugee Week in Victoria – Restoring Hope Sunday 17 June 12-5pm FREE Fitzroy Town Hall 201 Napier St Fitzroy Getting There: Tram 112 or 86 – Melways Ref 2C B9 Be part of this massive cultural celebration as the magnificent Fitzroy Town [...]

 Nkumba Rumba is a series of Congolese/Ghanaian dance performances opening at Harbour Esplanade North, Docklands on 1 July, 2.30pm, celebrating Democratic Republic of Congo Independence. It will transform Docklands into Melbourne’s ‘heart of danceness’ with a fusion of traditional and contemporary dance accompanied by live drumming and stunning photography. Experience rhythms that invoke joy and [...]

AfricanOz spoke with remarkable Ethiopian music ‘prodigy’ Samuel Yirga performing at Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and in Sydney and Perth in June. For a man who didn’t play an instrument until 16 years of age, 25 year old Ethiopian musician Samuel Yirga is more than just a great pianist and composer, he’s already the ‘stuff [...]

Melbourne Museum Until 7 October 2012 Did you come and see Tutankhamun last year? Perhaps you popped into Titanic? Or maybe you visited A Day in Pompeii? Well, today we’re opening our next big exhibition, The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia, which features over 170 extraordinary archaeological treasures from the world renowned British Museum. In developing [...]

The Human Rights Arts & Film Festival AN AFRICAN ELECTION MELBOURNE Saturday, 26 May 2012, 3:00 pm ACMI Cinemas,Federation Square, Russell Ct  Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 8663 2200 Australian Premiere Jarreth Merz / USA/Ghana/Switzerland / 2010 / Doc. / 89 min / English and Akan with English subtitles Sundance Film Festival 2011 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam [...]

THE HUMAN RIGHTS ARTS & FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES FULL PROGRAM  FESTIVAL OPENS WITH PAUL SIMON DOCO UNDER THE AFRICAN SKIES 15 – 27 May 2012 MELBOURNE, 16 April 2012 – The fifth Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) will open on Tuesday 15 May with the highly anticipated documentary Under African Skies by award [...]

Christopher Rimmer – Spirits Speak – Without Pier Gallery, 417 Hampton Street, Hampton, Victoria. 15 – 30 June, 2012. (tra Melbourne based, South African photographer, Christopher Rimmer traversed the length and breadth of his former homeland and returns with a stunning body of 30 detailed photographic works that intimately depict majestic wildlife and proud indigenous [...]

  Australian nurse and midwife, Val Browning, has always lived a life less ordinary. After moving to Northern Ethiopia three decades ago, Val married into a nomadic pastoralist community in the remote region of the Afar Desert, and has since spent her lifetime dedicated to improving the health and literacy of the Afar people, in [...]