We are producing, they are eating
Nigeria’s archives of revolutionary printmaking offers us insights into the dissident voices of the country’s old left, which are surprisingly relevant today.
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Karen Chalamilla
Karen Chalamilla is a culture writer and researcher based in Dar es Salaam.
How to defeat the right
The results of France’s snap election show that there is an alternative to right-wing nihilism and business-as-usual centrism.
Dear Mr Ruto
What does it benefit a man to gain a finance bill but lose his country?
Chasing shadows
A docuseries about the Springbok rugby team invites us to examine the enduring legacy of Rainbowism in South Africa.
How to avoid the sixth extinction
Since independence, Botswana has relied on its natural resources. But to secure its future, it needs to turn to its cultural heritage too.
The dreamer
As Africa’s first filmmakers made their unique steps in Africanizing cinema, few were as bold as Djibril Diop Mambéty who employed cinema to service his dreams.
France? Nothing good comes of it
In France, the nationalist right wing is ascendant. This week on the AIAC podcast, we discuss the country’s upcoming legislative elections.
Out of the fire
Senegalese art historian El Hadji Malick Ndiaye on curating one of the two longest-serving biennales on the African continent.
Who is greening Nairobi?
For some years now, the people of Eastlands in Nairobi have been remaking the city in their own image of green development.
Socialismo pink
A solidariedade socialista na Angola e Moçambique pós-coloniais tornou as pessoas queer invisíveis. Revisitar esse apagamento nos ajuda a reinventar a libertação de forma legítima.
Pink socialism
Socialist solidarity in postcolonial Angola and Mozambique rendered queer people invisible. Revisiting this erasure helps us imagine liberation anew.
Born coloured, not born free
Jazz bassist Benjamin Jeptha’s latest project interrogates the meaning of Creole identity in South Africa, thirty years after the end of white-minority rule.
The genuine goema captain of Cape Town
The musician Mac McKenzie, who passed away in April 2024, helped pioneer a sound that captured the Mother City’s Creole heritage.
The psychology of oppression and liberation
What would Fanon say about the ongoing genocide in Palestine?
Uprising in Kenya
This week on the AIAC podcast we’re talking about #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #RutoMustGo, the youth-led movements against Kenya’s out-of-touch elites.
I just want the beach
On the island of Fanon’s birth, French colonial violence persists.