Forms of woundedness
The intergenerational traumas of an anti-Black world in August Wilson's Fences are only too familiar to South Africans.
The intergenerational traumas of an anti-Black world in August Wilson's Fences are only too familiar to South Africans.
Jimi Solanke, now 80, was one of the key shapers of Nigerian theater and television in the second half of the last century. He is finally getting his due.
A new film, "Sing Freetown" (director: Clive Patterson) and accompanying theater project from Sorious Samura and Charlie Haffner attempt, with varying success, to sing a different song of Freetown.
A Nigerian play and its leading man confront western misrepresentations.
The long and wondrous life of Hassan Ouakrim, the "Cultural Ambassador" of the Maghreb to the United States.
Ishmael Reed explores the future of race in America in new work, focusing in on black-South Asian solidarities.
What can we do for 'the worst place in the world'? Surely this play in London, is not the thing.
The author stars as the famed South African activist in a new play. Dulcie September was murdered by a conspiracy of South African and French death squads.
The KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has a bit of a reputation as a “sleepy hollow.” But it was a crucial node in the struggle against apartheid.
Differences can be harmonious and allow people to come together despite their background and roots.
The South African artist Brett Bailey’s installation, “Exhibit B”, was supposed to open on Tuesday, September
District Six was the start of a really vibrant, none racial South African and that’s why it had to die.
Robert Mugabe and how how quickly style and showmanship can sweep away an audience, even when the underlying message promotes violence and jingoistic triumphalism.
An Egyptian theater company puts on Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables in colloquial Arabic. The choice was no error.
The theater, built by the military and finished in time for FESTAC in 1977, has always been a site of public disagreement.
The merits of restaging 'Une Saison au Congo,' Aimé Césaire's history of the life and death of Patrice Lumumba, in London, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Madonna's attempt to save face after her scolding by Malawi's president to rehash the stereotype of the corrupt African leader rings hollow, and a bit desperate. Malawi's President wasn't having it.
The Stadsschouwburg of Amsterdam, an iconic theater in the city, organizes a festival on the continent that consists mostly of the work of white artists.
He performs to packed-out theatres and is a regular correspondent on a satirical television news show,
The success of 'Mies Julie' tells us more about the way that audiences in the Global North like to think about South Africa than it does about actual South Africa.