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Ngoma Music Award
The Ngoma Awards are an annual Zambian arts award ceremony which recognise the nation's artistic talent. The awards are organised by the National Arts Council of Zambia. The Ngoma Awards are Zambia's only official national artistic honours and awards, covering a wide range of disciplines. History The National Arts Council of Zambia is mandated by the National Arts Council Act 31 of 1994 Part 5, Section (e) to “regulate and provide for modalities for the award of national honours for artistic merit.” In 2019, the Ngoma Awards returned to Zambia after a 6 year hiatus. The newly relaunched Ngoma Awards includes 7 categories: creative writing, stage theatre, community theatre, music, traditional music and dance, visual arts, and media arts. Guidelines and Procedures for the Ngoma Awards are provided in booklet and PDF form by the National Arts Council of Zambia. 2019 winners Ngoma Award winners were announced in December 2019.Ano Shumba,Zambia: 2019 Ngoma Awards announce winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambian Arts
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassie Kabwita
Cassie Kabwita (born October 13, 1988) is a Zambian actress and film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ... and rotarian. She is known for her works in the Zambian and Tanzanian film industries. Cassie is the Ambassador for The African Film Festival(TAFF) in Dallas Early life and education Cassie is a Lunda descent from Chief Kakoma in Mwinilunga District located in North Western Province and was born at the Ndola Central Hospital, in Ndola, Copperbelt Province in Zambia. Kabwita attended Buteko Basic School and was the Head girl and head boy, head girl at Luanshya Girls High School. She studied hospitality business at Speciss College at the Herbert Chitepo campus in Harare, Zimbabwe, and graduated in 2009. Career Cassie begun her acting career in 2006 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |