5 Questions for a Filmmaker–Akin Omotoso
Award-winning South African/Nigerian filmmaker Akin Omotoso is the director of the feature films “Man on Ground”
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Katarina Hedrén
Katarina Hedrén is a film curator and critic , based in Johannesburg.
Erykah Badu and hero worship in the time of Twitter
Erykah Badu’s online defense of her visit to autocratic Swaziland exposed her lack of knowledge about the continent.
#WhiteHistoryMonth: Thank God, you were born white
On one of the last days of AIAC's first #WhiteHistoryMonth, I found myself getting increasingly annoyed in the queue to board the last flight from Murtala Mohmammed International Airport, Lagos to Johannesburg. Behind me stood two South Africans, who were giggling and entertaining each other in a way that had they been ten, or in their teens, an accompanying adult would have asked them to take it down a notch.
The debate about the realism and violence in ’12 Years a Slave’
While showered with acclaim and awards, "12 Years a Slave" (2 nights ago it won 2
When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie met Sweden
Keep in mind, Sweden is a country living under the illusion of a special kind of exceptionalism, including that it is “less affected by postcolonial relations than other nations.”
This Film Has Been Banned
The South African feature film, “Of Good Report,” deals with the relationship of a teacher with his underage student. The local censors decided it is a crime to screen it.