The identity politics of wax print
A new film by Aiwan Obinyan explores the origins and "ownership" of a now-famous cloth.
A new film by Aiwan Obinyan explores the origins and "ownership" of a now-famous cloth.
I was losing my temper. I was sitting in the cinema in central London watching LA
As Western government enforce stricter policing of non-native bodies, who who are the activists who will stop them?
Is diasporan a word? It is now. You cannot understand what it is to be Nigerian, or Kenyan or South African now, without factoring in the diaspora.
It's the end of the year, so Hipsters Dont Dance made a "Top World Carnival Collabs" of 2015.
Two weeks ago, on October 6th, Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, was arrested in London
A painful, violent story of migration captured in the song "Lagos" - for our series "Liner Notes," in which musicians talk about making music.
For Aduaka, cinema is important if it illuminates or resonates something that makes up the essence of this thing called human nature.
The negative effects of tourism, globalization, and commercialization in Zanzibar.
The UK government is now openly tweeting its contempt for people of color.
The diagnostic parameters need to be completely overhauled as they embody a Western mode of understanding which itself is culturally bound.
What are the cultural implications of the success of individual African artists in particularly U.S. mainstream media and award shows?