Typecasting Binyavanga Wainaina
In "One Day I Will Write About This Place," Wainaina wants to create a life uniquely his own.
Culture
An American Singer in Mali
Adam Klein from Georgia in the United States wants to blend rustic acoustic Mande music with American roots music.
August 5, Burkina Faso
Upper Volta became independent on this day in 1960. In 1984, Thomas Sankara changed its name to Burkina Faso.
The new auteur in South African cinema
An Interview with film director Oliver Hermanus, who has made "Skoonheid," a film about homophobia, sexual violence and white Afrikaner masculinity. Hermanus is a coloured and black director.