Lessons for one president from another...

...with some confusion over what's expected.

Okello Oculi writes about a Nigerian documentary series featuring inspiring stories from African women.

...with a message for Gaddafi.

The question no-one wants to answer!

Gbagbo on the run...

Levi Kabwato interviews Professor Lloyd Sachikonye, the author of a recently launched book, ‘When A State Turns on its People: Violence in Zimbabwe’.

'At times shocking, sometimes heart-warming', a new collection of stories compiled by author Sarah Forde, takes us into the worlds of nine teenage girls in Kenya's Kilifi district as they face the challenges of adolescence.

Full of ‘useful pieces of advice’, LeTava Mabilijengo’s book is a refreshing change from the usual portrayal of black women as ‘perpetual victims’, writes Norah Owaraga.

Despite Kenyan leaders' pronouncements on only trying Kenyan suspects within the country's legal system, Al-Amin Kimathi's presence in a Kampala jail suggests otherwise, says Gado.

AwaaZ Magazine invites you to a FREE screening of Venezulan documentary 'Inside the Revolution' on 4 April in Nairobi. Filmed in Caracas in November 2008, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of Hugo Chavez’s controversial presidency, this full-length documentary takes a journey into the heart of Venezuela’s revolution to listen to the voices of the people driving the process forward.

On holiday with her streetwise son in Lagos, a British-Nigerian mother is in turmoil. Should she leave her only child in a strict Lagos boarding school, or return him to the ‘battlefields’ of inner London…? A family spanning three generations and two continents meet together in Lagos for the first time in over thirty years. But the joy of reunion also unleashes long-suppressed truths. An
exuberant mix of comedy, tragedy and family drama, Pandora’s Box reveals the heartbreak behind the choices every parent must make.

Oval House Theatre
Tuesday 3 – Sunday 22 May, 2011

London via Lagos is a daring festival of new plays by British-Nigerian playwrights offering three radically different visions of the relationship between Nigeria and the UK. Over ten weeks, from London via Lagos brings to the London stage three innovative and contemporary plays; each with its own perspective spanning the political, the personal, and the domestic. All three dramas investigate today’s Britain and all reflect the vigour and passion of Nigeria.

Oval House Theatre
Tuesday 3 May – Sunday 10 July, 2011

Gaddafi on a mission...

Peter Wuteh Vakunta reviews Nelson Mandela’s ‘Conversations with Myself’. He underlines that ‘Countless books have been written and will continue to be written about this memorable man, but this one towers above them all on account of the intimacies and intricacies it contains.’

The AU might not be able to impose a no-fly zone on Libya or Côte d’Ivoire, but there are other options.

...and its 'coat of arms'.

Kenya takes shuttle diplomacy to another level.

…is not as easy as you think!

Directed and narrated by Yaba Badoe and produced by Amina Mama, 'The Witches of Gambaga' is a sensitive, excellent film capturing the experiences of women accused of witchcraft in the village of Gambaga in northern Ghana, writes Sokari Ekine.