Are you an African artist?
Why are we so averse to acknowledging complexity, difference, subtlety and agency when it comes to art that emerges from and in Africa?
Culture
Suburban Bliss
Is the new benchmark in South African cinema “Happiness Is A Four Letter Word"?
What is happening at the Durban International Film Festival?
As with our last movie night post, we need to start with the bad news. 1.
Weekend Music Break No.96
Back to our regularly scheduled music break for your weekend! Sometimes we have to remind ourselves
If you love me, help me grow Ghana
It’s hard not to imagine what could have been, or indeed could be in postcolonial Ghana if the political will and right management was in place.
Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead
Their voices, sharp and angry, shook me from my slumber. I didn’t know the language, but
Weekend Music Break No.95—Afro-Europe special!
Fresh of a trip to the UK and Germany, with stops in Afro-European strongholds of London
Monochrome Lagos
What would an alternative visual vocabulary through which to comprehend Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, look like?
The state of Nigeria’s live music industry
It is rare in much of Africa to see a festival line-up of both established and up and coming artists performing with a full band.
This film is about revolution
Who, ultimately, can speak with authority on recent events in Egypt, and, more importantly, how?
History, memory, and the nation
A website archive makes the case that Liberia needs a history that will be called 'history after the settlers.'
Malick Sidibé: Directing Light
Amy Sall (Sunu Journal), Candace Keller (Michigan State), Drew Thompson (Bard), curator Thato Mogotsi and Cherif Keita, reflect on Malick Sidibé's impact.
Weekend Music Break No.94
A break from the routine of the work week, a weekend music break for you all to
Egypt’s Modern Pharaohs
Except for one-year, when Mohamed Morsi was President, modern Egypt has only been ruled by military regimes
The Myth of the African travel writer
African travelers, it would seem, must still justify their movements across the planet (whether the motives be professional, economic or political).
Shadow and Axed
The latest installment of our film news series, #MovieNight.
Maestro Sidibé
The author, also a photographer, writes about receiving the sad news that Malick Sidibé, the Malian master photographer, has died, at the age of 80.
Weekend Music Break No.93
Welcome back to our Music Break, after it took a bit of a break itself. Enjoy this
A Revolution in Many Tongues
There is not a single journal devoted to literary criticism in an African language or any writer residencies that encourage writing in African languages.
Pan African Space Station, NYC
A periodic, pop-up live radio studio, a performance and exhibition space, a research platform and living archive.