Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
On April 19th, the Deutsche Börse photography prize will open at London’s Photographers’ Gallery. Awarded annually since 1996, the prize has an impressive list of recipients — Jeurgen Teller, Walid Raad, Paul Graham, John Stezaker, to name but a few. But it seems that, although the prize’s shortlist has always been international, the jury has shifted
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Currently showing at the Arnolfini, the exhibition ‘Superpower: Africa in Science Fiction’ brings together various fictions. Science fiction becomes racial fictions become state fictions that fold into colonial fictions and back again. Science fiction becomes an umbrella...
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Since Sun Ra descended in a breast-shaped Ark to recruit Americans for his planetary Afrotopia, science fiction has played a significant role in representations of African life. The original past represented by Africa as ‘cradle-of-civilization’ has recently...
Monday, January 31st, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUOMoaU8jVU “Idioma Comum” is a new exhibition at the Fundação PLMJ in Lisbon, Portugal. It features some of AIAC favorites such as Kiluanji Kia Henda, Lino Damião, Mário Macilau, Mauro Pinto, Celestino Mudaulane, René Tavares (see video...
“I don’t go for third terms”
31 Oct 2011 at 4:00 pm
Fighting somebody else’s war
14 Nov 2011 at 6:00 am
‘The Best African Movie’
9 Jun 2011 at 10:00 am
Dele Giwa’s Legacy
21 Oct 2009 at 1:10 am
Zanele Muholi’s “Mo(u)rning” | Exh...
7 Sep 2012 at 10:50 am
Mandela and the ANC
22 Jan 2012 at 3:00 pm
Mamphela Ramphele has a Party
20 Feb 2013 at 6:00 am
The Very Best’s “Kondaine” and Vill...
19 Jun 2012 at 6:30 am
Is Chester Missing blackface?
14 Jan 2013 at 3:10 am
