Batswana artistes Abigail Isa and Queen headline La Fête de la Musique this weekend

14 June 2021

In order to accord with Covid-19 health protocols, La Fete-de-la-Musique- will be an exclusive private concert for Alliance Francaise de Gaborone community but it will also be broadcast on Facebook and Instagram Live

Share this story

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman

This year’s La Fête de la Musique will be strictly a private affair dedicated solely to the staffs and members of the Alliance Française de Gaborone.

The non-profit making organisation and cultural centre that promotes French and Botswana cultures, has this time around organised a private concert that will be headlined by Batswana artistes – Abigail Isa and Queen this Saturday 19th June 2021.

A member of the organising team, Robin Lamothe  told The Pan Afrikanist that at the entire concert will however be broadcast on Facebook and Instagram Live for the benefit of the Alliance Française de Gaborone community that cannot attend physically owing to Covid 19 restrictions.

Abigail Isa and Queen’s live performance will be preceded by an online presentation of a French group singer and followed by an Open MIC session.

In addition to being a cultural centre that promotes French and Botswana cultures, Alliance Francaise de Gaborone also encourages local artists, promotes them at international level and preserves cultural and linguistic diversity.

Lamothe promised that the event will comply with all government rules and regulations as well as health protocols seeing that the country is in the middle of a pandemic.

Last Posts

SADC PF Secretary-General Ms Boemo Sekgoma addresses Joint Sitting

Growing calls for stronger Parliamentary oversight of prisons in Southern Africa

Share this story

Share this storyBy Moses Magadza in Johannesburg, South Africa A joint sitting of five standing committees of the SADC Parliamentary Forum began in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday. The Secretary General of the SADC PF,…

14 June 2021

HSDSP-MEMBERS

SADC PF Committee proposes bold  recommendations on prison oversight

Share this story

Share this storyBy Moses Magadza in Johannesburg, South Africa On Wednesday, a one-day meeting of the SADC Parliamentary Forum’s Standing Committee on Human and Social Development and Special Programmes (HSDSP) ended in Johannesburg with strong…

14 June 2021

Delegations of Russia and South Africa led by the two countries' Foreign Ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Ronald Lamola

Russia’s FM, Sergey Lavrov discussed a range of bilateral issues with his South African counterpart, Ronald Lamola

Share this story

Share this storySergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia met with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola on April 16. Lamola had arrived in Moscow for the 18th meeting of the…

14 June 2021

President Putin announces Easter ceasefire

President of Russia Vladimir Putin announces Easter ceasefire

Share this story

Share this storyDuring a meeting at the Kremlin with the Chief of the General Staff of Russia’s Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov President Vladimir Putin declared that the Russian Side is ceasing all military action starting…

14 June 2021

On April 17, 2025, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has a phone conversation with his US counterpart, Marco Rubio

Share this story

Share this storyOn April 17, 2025, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation. Secretary Rubio, who is currently in Paris, informed the Russian side…

14 June 2021

In the first installment of the Two Shores Dialogue series, two journalists — Ma Jiaying from China and Héribert Adjovi from Africa — exchange insights on the pressing issues of our time: rising trade protectionism, the shifting global order, and the long-term consequences of tariff wars. Reflecting on the legacy of the Bandung Conference, they advocate for renewed solidarity among the Global South, grounded in the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. A powerful, thoughtful dialogue that bridges continents and visions.

Beyond the tariff crisis, it’s time to take a fair look at globalisation… 70 years after the Bandung Conference

Share this story

Share this story‘A LOOK FROM BOTH SIDES’ is first and foremost an interesting Dialogue between two Friends, two eminent Journalists and a crossed vision of two media professionals, one Chinese and the other African (Beninese)…

14 June 2021

Related Stories