
A fictional portrait of a national dream
Cristina De Middel self-published book "The Afronauts," revisits the 1960s shortlived, abandoned project by Zambia's government to send the first African astronauts to Mars

Cristina De Middel self-published book "The Afronauts," revisits the 1960s shortlived, abandoned project by Zambia's government to send the first African astronauts to Mars

Licínio Azevedo's "Virgin Margarida" is a critical look into Mozambique's past — its re-education camps.

Nairobi Half Life is a smart, take-no-prisoners action movie that makes us to wrestle with the neoliberal city.

For all its cinema glitz, Cannes is in a part of France associated with the far right and very anti-immigrant, so it is a treat to see the region is hosting an African themed film festival.

Chinua Achebe’s legacy is not fixed but rather about responding to change with energy and wit.

Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki: "If we don’t stand up for ourselves, no one else is going to do it."

For our series interviewing the new generation of African creatives, we sent questions to designer. Olalekan Jeyifous. We asked him for his five favorite designs.

The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?

A short film of electronic based music across the Sahel region: Mauritania to Northern Nigeria and in-between.

Apart from a heavy Senegalese presence, this Music Break, No.37, includes some other favorites of this site: Petite Noire, Laura Mvula, Rachid Taha and newcomer, Napoleon Da Legend.


A conversation with South African artist Masello Motana on pop stars, politicians and personhood.

An interview with Soraya Morayef, who is documenting the graffiti scene in Cairo, Beirut, Libya and Palestine.

What The New York Times forgot to tell you about the explosion of digital music in Africa.


Why is a photo of an empathetic group of young Dutch Moroccans visiting a concentration camp being used to illustrate so many stories in which Moroccans are a "problem"?