• Basia Cummings

The documentary, "Soul Power," captures a moment in African-American music during the 1970s: testing its boundaries in Kinshasa, Zaire.

• Ryan Brown

Nat Nakasa was an ambitious journalist who had the cold fortune of being born black in 20th century South Africa.

• Basia Cummings

The film, "Come Back, Africa," first released in 1959, challenged how white liberals imagined black people or tried to shape their struggles in South Africa.

• Sean Jacobs

There is also a claim that "Graceland," both the album and subsequent tour, impacted late 1980s South African music and politics for the better.