5 Questions for a Filmmaker: Newton Aduaka
For Aduaka, cinema is important if it illuminates or resonates something that makes up the essence of this thing called human nature.
Culture
The birth of Malawian hip hop
Bantu Khamuladzi are pioneers of Malawian hip hop. Like most first generation African hip hop artists, they mimicked American styles, then found their own voices.
The first feature film out of the DRC in over 28 years
Viva Riva! director, Djo Tunda Wa Munga, on African self-representation, and opening a production company in "chaos."
The importance of cultural preservation
The multimedia artist Tunde Owolabi brings Aso-Oke weaving to gallery spaces.
African Activist Archive
In the U.S., the past few months have showcased the power of social activism in bringing
The Triptych: On the personal stories of three of contemporary art’s freshest black voices
Ever wonder what inspires an artist to paste red-lipped Cheshire cat grins over the mouths of
5 Questions for Filmmaker: Branwen Okpako
Okpako wants to show people as they see themselves but in a way that others can recognize themselves as well.
Singer Jojo Abot Speaks the Heart’s Burdens Through Music
In a world dominated by social injustice, it’s uplifting to find someone whose creative essence is
The Winterton Collection
I absolutely love photography. This might be obvious from some of the choices I’ve made for
World War I in Africa
In honor of the centenary of the Great War, Jacques Enaudeau and Kathleen Bomani set out
Vampire teeth
Annual review: Hipsters Don't Dance's "Top 10 African-Caribbean Collaborations" of 2014
Slave Biographies
Last week, I discussed the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database and two of its offshoot projects, the African
Decolonising white Berlin
The myth of an all-white, Christian German society largely persists. So does the idea that anyone
The Kiswahili Prize for African Literature
Can an African language literature prize be inherently Pan-African?
Why we can’t breathe
The last few years have revealed that, particularly at the state level, justice for Black Americans is an impossibility.
The Invisible Children Highlight Reel
Nine conclusions we can draw from the hype machine that was the viral advocacy campaign, Kony 2012. One of them was that ordinary Ugandans saw right through it.
Feel the Rainbow
Designer Akosua Afriye-Kumi: "A lot of designers take or find inspiration from Africa, I want to do the same but actually be in Africa doing it."
A New Kind of Romance
Nigerian publisher: it is time the continent’s consumer class gets romance lit that is entertaining and reflect the complexity of their lives.
Pure Bacardi house fun
Hipsters Don't Dance Top World Carnival Tunes for November 2014.
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
When I was first given the opportunity to write this weekly series, I reached out to