Do African filmmakers care for FESPACO?
Filmmakers who use digital technology hope FESPACO catches up to the times. Meanwhile, this year the festival attempts to right its gender imbalances.
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Rita Nketiah
Rita Nketiah is a feminist researcher, writer and activist living in Accra, Ghana.
A way out of this miasma
A film about four African artists in Toronto, challenges stereotypes about Africans in Canada’s media capital.
Is there football in heaven?
The author, a football fan and writer, wonders if there is football in heaven? And if there is, does God himself play? And if he does, what position does he plays?
Edward Echwalu’s Favorite Photographs
The Ugandan photographer: “It gets even more complicated being a photojournalist in Africa feeding foreign channels with African events.”
A state of cultural flux
Andrew Dosunmu’s new feature film, “Mother of George,” is set in Brooklyn, NY’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, focusing on the complications of African immigrant life, especially love and family.
The Soweto Derby Sale
Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates is South Africa’s fiercest football rivalry. It is increasingly less about the football and more about merchandise on offer to fans of both teams, especially Chiefs.
Weekend Music Break, N°33
Let's start with two club tracks. It's Friday after all. Above is a collaboration between Boddhi
Nigeria’s National Anthem
Did Goodluck Jonathan allegedly take US $1m from an anti-poverty fund to allegedly bring Beyonce and Jay-Z to Nigeria in 2006?
Shameful Self-promotion: Sean wrote an online essay for the SSRC on ‘New media in Africa and the Global Public Sphere’
The main takeaway from #Kony2012 is that it will probably retain some salience—despite the widespread criticism
Blackface is Okay on Peruvian TV
The shows play on the worst stereotypes associated with Afro-Peruvians and uncritically exhibits these for the whole Peruvian nation to watch.
In Memory of Anene Booysen
Guest Post by Melinda Fantou The road that leads to Bredasdorp, a small town about 180
Ghanaian Spiderman and Other Stories
No.17 in our regular update on new African films to watch.
Vincent Moon’s Portraits of Ethiopian Music
Post by Addis Rumble * “Ethiopia is an island,” Vincent Moon explains. The French filmmaker has
South African Hip-Hop needs more artists like Molemi
A harp hard-panned to either side of the speakers constantly loops while a flute sample pulsates
The Book of Marikana
Rewriting history from below in South Africa by utilizing the voices of workers and their survivors themselves.
My Favorite Photographs N°12: Kelebogile Ntladi
The latest image-maker in the “Favorite Photographs” series is South African photographer Kelebogile Ntladi. Based in
There’s “too much Africa in South Africa”
That what a Dutch writer Adriaan Van Dis told an Italian newspaper when asked about what South Africa is like now.
Mamphela Ramphele has a Party
Ramphele has never enjoyed widespread grassroots support as a political figure in South Africa and hasn’t been in active in any political movement for at least 30 years now.
Another White Hero Story
We’ve seen CNN’s “Mozambique or Bust” documentary film before. It’s a staple of its genre.
What’s the matter with Morocco
Morocco appears stable, but high unemployment, economic reforms, increased repression and police brutality, could still impact the country’s politics.