The award-winning Ghanaian hip-hop artist and musician, M.anifest, will present his latest album titled ‘Madina to The Universe’ (MTTU) on the evening of March 8th at 8:30 PM GST in the Africa Hall. The 15-track album is a genre-blending afro-fusion...
he first part of the two-part program Global Ghana: Sites of Departure/Sites of Return, will examine the ways in which Ghana has emergedas a focal point of diasporic engagement beginning with early 20th-century ‘Back to Africa’ movements
Global Ghana, the second edition of The Africa Institute’s annual country-focused program to be presented in Sharjah, UAE and Accra, Ghana in 2021-22, convened by leading scholars Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Jean Allman, Carina Ray, and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong
12 Nov 2021
Global Ghana, the second edition of The Africa Institute’s annual country-focused program will be inaugurated in Sharjah, UAE, convened by leading scholars Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Jean Allman, Carina Ray, and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong. The opening will begin in the evening of...
The Africa Institute (Sharjah, UAE), in collaboration with the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive (London, UK), present a film program titled Decolonizing African Cinema – A History. This program seeks to situate influential works of African cinema in relation...
Directed by Yared Zeleke l 2015 l 94 mins
Directed by Zeresenay Mehari l 2014 l 99 mins
Book Discussion & Short Film Screening
Mohamed El Amin was born on February 20, 1945 in Sudan, where he studied elementary education at Wad Madani Eastern Elementary School in Al Jazirah State. His passion for music and singing strengthened his relationship with the Blue Nile musical band leading him to study musical notation with the musician Mohammad Adam Al-Mansoori. Mohamed El Amin participated in many music festivals in the Arab world,
The Africa Institute (AI) launches its first scholarly and cultural season this month in Africa Hall, Sharjah. Taking place on 11 and 12 October 2019, the launch includes a lecture on Ethiopian history as well as live music performances by...