SA actor, Sean Cameron Michael, stars in M-Net Edge’s ‘Of Kings and Prophets’

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South African actor, Sean Cameron Michael, last seen on SA screens in the hit TV series Black Sails on DStv’s History channel, has again nabbed a role in a major American series.

He can be seen in Of Kings and Prophets, currently on M-Net Edge, a biblical drama that centres around a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet, and a resourceful young shepherd.    Continue reading

New book celebrates 30 years of the L’Atelier art competition

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Basa CEO Michelle Constant and Dr Paul Bayliss, Absa’s art and museum curator

A BOOK commemorating all the winners of the prestigious L’Atelier art competition was launched in Johannesburg last week.

Titled Barclays L’Atelier – 30 Years of Introspection, the book features over 40 artists, more than 200 pieces of artworks and 30 years of artistic heritage. Continue reading

Feast of offerings from around the world at Poetry Africa 2016

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Don Mattera will be taking part in the Poetry Africa Festival in Durban.

A FEAST of poetic offerings from Africa and the world will be showcased at this year’s 20th Poetry Africa International Festival, which runs from October 10 to 15.

Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) within the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s College of Humanities, this year’s festival will pay tribute to the 200th anniversary of the conception of the Zulu kingdom. Continue reading

Voices from around the world to attend Durban’s Poetry Africa

 

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Professor Mazisi Kunene. Photo: Kunene Foundation

THE Centre for Creative Arts (CCA), within the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s College of Humanities will host the 20th Poetry Africa International Festival from October 10 to 15.

Arguably the largest and longest-running poetry festival in Africa, Poetry Africa has, over the years, hosted a wide variety of internationally-acclaimed poetic voices from all over the world. Continue reading