Imagine, Experience, Articulate

Tanzania marks the launch of its first ever Swahili fashion week in November 2008 on the theme, Discover what makes Africa Beautiful. Starting this year as a two day event, the Swahili Fashion Week will be spread over November 5th & 6th at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam. Established and up and coming designers will showcase their ensembles on the first and second days, respectively. This inaugural event will see the Face of Africa Models 2008 strut the ramp ride in Dar es Salaam on November 5, 2008. The Swahili fashion week is the brainchild of fashion designer Mustafa Hassanali. “As one of the premier designers in the country it has always been my vision not only to further my creations in Tanzanian Fashion but also to promote the industry on the whole. Tanzania has so many established and budding talented designers that the Swahili Fashion week was a much needed platform to enhance African fashion eventually placing it on the global map,” Hassanali says. Prashant Pow...

South Africa will on October 16-17, 2008 host legal experts from around the world when the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) holds its legal committee meeting in Cape Town. Hosted by the South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), the conference will see top legal minds discuss global issues and developments concerning the protection of creators' rights & the omni-present topic of Copyright. CISAC is the international governing body for collection societies suchas SAMRO, representing 222 authors' societies from 118 countries andindirectly representing more than 2.5 million creators across variousartistic disciplines. Its legal committee, composed of lawyers working for member societiesacross the globe, provides legal information, assistance and advice to CISAC members and statutory bodies through their relevant collectingsociety. Some 35 international delegates from CISAC member societies are expected in Cape Town for the meeting...

Australian Post-War Documentary Film: An Arc of Mirrors Author: Deane Williams ISBN: 9781841502106 Hardback: 230x174mm Price: £29.95/ $60 URL: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/ppbooks.php?isbn=9781841502106 The post-war period in Australian cultural history sparked critical debate over notionsof nation-building, multiculturalism and internationalization. Australian Post-War Documentary Film tackles all these issues in a considered andwide-ranging analysis of government, institutional and also radicaldocumentaries. As a whole it is a thorough study of the international flows of film culture. Williams illustrates these themes by critiquing the keyfilms of the era, including the seminal The Back of Beyond, often cited asthe greatest Australian film of all time. Australian Post-War Documentary Film retells film history by reading these documentaries as part of a nexusof international, and particularly Australian filmic, written and dramatictexts, with close attention to textual analysis. T...