• Achille Tenkiang

Across the continent, music festivals are challenging industry gatekeepers and testing what it means to organize on African terms.

• Thembi Ngubo

From kwaito to amapiano, South African music is a bridge between past and present, where cultural memory, resistance, and reinvention collide on the dancefloor.

• Toussaint Nothias

Western media coverage of the DRC conflict is riddled with inaccuracies, oversimplifications, and racial bias—reinforcing dangerous narratives rather than informing the world.

• Bassil Mikdadi

While FIFA swiftly banned Russia from competition, it continues to delay action on Israel—revealing the politics behind football’s so-called neutrality.

• Desiree Dawson

Rebecca Hall’s "Wake" uncovers the hidden history of African women warriors and their role in resisting the transatlantic slave trade.

• Kelechi Anabaraonye

The Fanti Carnival transforms Lagos’s Brazilian Quarters into a vibrant celebration of history, culture, and Afro-Brazilian identity.

• Christina Wong

In Mauritius, social media memes and leaks exposed corruption, galvanized youth, and reshaped the nation’s political landscape.

• Onesmus Karanja
• Cynthia Muthogi

Kenya’s youth are turning to theater, music, and film as tools of resistance against political injustices and systemic failures.

• Maher Mezahi

AFCON doesn’t need European validation to be major—it already is. But the real danger lies in how dismissive narratives shape the value of African football and its players.

• Coco Em

Amid global political turmoil and restrictive visa policies, artists are redefining resistance—on the dance floor and beyond.

• Lee Nxumalo

Gianni Infantino isn’t just another corrupt FIFA president—his greed, self-importance, and political alliances are actively ruining football.

• Stéphanie Perazzone
• Charlotte Mertens

Colonial archives hold the violence of the past, but they also carry the potential for anti-colonial futures—if radically reimagined for justice and accessibility.

• Aude Konan

Amid a flood of Western fast fashion waste, Dakar's designers upcycle discarded clothes into bold, sustainable styles.

• Matene Toure

In 'Dahomey,' Mati Diop reimagines restitution, using surrealist cinema to revive looted African artifacts and amplify youth-led calls for decolonization.

• Florian Bobin

Detained for over six months, Malian singer Rokia Traoré has been locked in a legal battle with her ex-spouse over custody of their daughter since 2019. Between allegations of abuse and arrest warrants, the case appears to be nearing its conclusion.

• Dylan Haworth

Forty years ago, African filmmakers and revolutionaries united to reclaim cinema as a weapon for liberation and cultural sovereignty across the continent.

• Ana Lucia Araujo

Há 190 anos, a Revolta dos Malês na Bahia, liderada por escravizados africanos muçulmanos, abalou as bases do Brasil e ecoou temores globais de um possível novo Haiti.

• Tsogo Kupa

A sweeping, jazz-scored exploration of Cold War intrigue and African liberation, Johan Gimonprez’s 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' lays bare the cultural and political battlegrounds where empires, artists, and freedom fighters clashed.

• Shuimo Trust Dohyee

One Cameroonian woman’s quest to reclaim stolen artifacts reveals the enduring wounds of colonialism and the fight to restore Africa’s heritage.

• Atiyyah Khan

Rashid Vally, the visionary behind South Africa’s iconic jazz label As-Shams, forged a legacy of revolutionary jazz that defied apartheid and continues to inspire new generations of musicians, activists, and music lovers.