Africa is more queerer than you think
Both in and outside of Africa, there is an argumentative frenzy around the instability of gender and sex and non-conforming performances of gender.
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
The Tragedy of Justin Fashanu
An insight into the openly racist and homophobic atmosphere that passed for public life in Margaret Thatcher’s England.
Cinema of disquiet
Alain Resnais and Chris Marker’s 1953 film “Statues also die” should be appreciated more for how it challenged European, especially French, approaches to African art.
Meet Bittereinder
I discovered the three piece Afrikaans outfit Bittereinder through the internet and fell in love with them because of their live performance. Their music, a bass-heavy flurry of high-energy drops and subdued melodies, develops a different personality on stage, often in stark contrast to the studio recordings. Bleeps become filtered echoes; drum patterns change, or disappear completely. Bittereinder is Afrikaans for 'bitter ender'.
Issa Rae: Internet Celebrity
Whether there will be an “Awkward Black Girl” movie or not, Issa Rae has impacted black television without ever being on television.
Toronto’s Afrofuture
Toronto lends itself to sci-fi imaginings, so it’s not surprising that for some it could be a capital of Afrofuturism.
Azonto soca in your area
It's Carnival time again! Besides being one of my favorite annual excuses to party (although I
Nigerians in Space
In Deji Olukotun’s novel, a Nigerian NASA scientist — on behalf of all colonized people — wants to return moon rocks that Neil Armstrong brought back to earth.
The other news from Uganda this week
Here’s the `other’ news from Uganda this week. Dateline: Kampala: “Police have warned the public against undressing women whom they perceive to be indecently dressed, saying the Anti-Pornography law is not operational yet.” Yet.
Bloomberg’s welfare addiction
Bloomberg Africa evokes Ronald Reagan’s “welfare queen” stereotype for poor South Africans.
Know your Dutch history
It is important that the Netherlands’ history of slavery gets anchored in Dutch history curriculums in the same way that the Second World War is.
The Congolization Movement
Creating spaces where artists related to the Congolese diaspora can freely tell their side of the story.
“Congo Dialogues.” Alice Seeley Harris and Sammy Baloji on exhibit in London
The London gallery Autograph ABP is currently exhibiting Alice Seeley Harris’ well-known 1904 Congo Reform Association
Debate: The future of the workers’ movement in South Africa
In May this year, South Africa will host its 5th general election since the advent of
The vulgarity of homophobic thinking
The writer, Chimamanda Adichie, lines up the homophobic arguments against rights for gay people and knocks them down one by one.
New Documentaries To Look Out For at the Luxor African Film Festival
The third edition of the Egyptian Luxor African Film Festival again has a wide-ranging programme scheduled
The realism and violence in ’12 Years a Slave’
In a non-sensationalist manner, without super-heroes and special effects, director Steve McQueen allows the viewer not just be horrified, but to empathize too.
Homophobia in Senegal
While there is no Wolof word for “lesbian,” there are multiple words for the practice of a woman having sex with a woman, or a man having sex with a man.
Musician Umlilo pushes gender boundaries in South Africa
Artists in South Africa continue to push the boundaries of gender norms in popular media. In
‘The Post-Imperial’
I recently shot the short interview, below, with Niyi Okuboyejo, creative director of New York City men's