I’m in the suburbs of Toronto this weekend and I go to bed early nowadays (my one year old gets up at 6am), but for those in New York City tonight, go check out the monthly Made in Africa Party with Boima (remember he is also an accomplished DJ) and Lamin Fofana at CAFE NUNEZ at 240 W. 35th Street (between 7 & 8th Avenues) tonight (10pm onwards). They’re featuring DJ Sirak from the New York-based Africology crew. Boima tells me that this will be the last time he’ll be playing until September as he’ll be off to West Africa for the summer on school business (so go see him), but they’ve got other guess DJ’s lined up in his absence to keep things moving till then.

More at the Made in Africa Facebook Page.

Further Reading

After the coups

Without institutional foundations or credible partners, the Alliance of Sahelian States risks becoming the latest failed experiment in regional integration.

Whose game is remembered?

The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations opens in Morocco amid growing calls to preserve the stories, players, and legacy of the women who built the game—before they’re lost to erasure and algorithm alike.

Sovereignty or supremacy?

As far-right politics gain traction across the globe, some South Africans are embracing Trumpism not out of policy conviction but out of a deeper, more troubling identification.

From Cape To Cairo

When two Africans—one from the south, the other from the north—set out to cross the continent, they raised the question: how easy is it for an African to move in their own land?

The road to Rafah

The ‘Sumud’ convoy from Tunis to Gaza is reviving the radical promise of pan-African solidarity and reclaiming an anticolonial tactic lost to history.

Sinners and ancestors

Ryan Coogler’s latest film is more than a vampire fable—it’s a bridge between Black American history and African audiences hungry for connection, investment, and storytelling rooted in shared struggle.