Franco Remembered 20 Years On

ish Mafundikwa came to see me and said “You know it is 20 years since Franco died and the greatest African guitarist of all time was barely remembered”. A week later he came back and loaded onto my laptop 4 photos of Franco at his last ever public performance from his personal collection. “I was there” said ish. - Editor

Safe Art and ‘The National Interest’

Mike van Graan was programme director for the 4th World Summit on Arts and Culture that took place in Johannesburg in September 2009. In the build-up, Mike generated a series of frank ‘discussion pieces’ via the Arterial Network and we asked our contributor Mutimbanyoka to respond to a few of his choice. Here is the first. Mike van Graan says:

Development Rooted in Culture

Mike van Graan was programme director for the 4th World Summit on Arts and Culture that took place in Johannesburg in September 2009. In the build-up, Mike generated a series of frank ‘discussion pieces’ via the Arterial Network and we asked our contributor Mutimbanyoka to respond a few of his choice. Here is the first.

For African Cultural Operators: It’s ‘Do-it-Yourself’ Time At the 2010 World Cup

Velma Kiome visited Johannesburg in September 2009 interested in whether the Football World Cup will be the African cultural showcase it has promised to be. She takes us on a short tour around some of the issues topping the World Cup agenda in South Africa.

Uganda Bling

Jose ‘Chameleone’ is a Ugandan musician with an amazing raw energy and power-house gravel voice to match. He had suffered a horrendous and still unexplained injury a few months earlier. Already a massive media and recording star in East Africa he performed his Harare debut at this year’s Nguva Yedu, Thuba Letu (Our Time) Youth Festival. Joseph Ngunjiri was there.