When sleepless I often find myself browsing through time and space, moving from Johannesburg’s CBD to Ouagadougou’s boulangeries and back to Maputo’s fish market, watching the streets in Accra, Bamako and Cairo. Over at City One Minutes they’re steadily building a kaleidoscopic library of city lives – each life divided into twenty-four one minute portraits, each depicting one hour of the day. Every film is an impression of the city in which the artist lives or happens to be. And it’s not only African cities. Addictive. And you can join.

Further Reading

The Visa farce

The South African government’s rush to clear visa applications has led to mass rejections, bureaucratic chaos, and an overloaded appeals system—leaving thousands in limbo.

Enter the Povo

Mozambique’s disputed elections triggered a deadly uprising, as citizens resisted Frelimo’s rule and exposed the cracks in neoliberal policies.