The visibility of contemporary African women artists
Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki: "If we don’t stand up for ourselves, no one else is going to do it."
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The paradox of our engagement with technological apparatus
How can bodily experiences be shared, asks British Nigerian director Shola Amoo in his short film, "Touch."
Exile is more than a geographical concept
Episode #39 of AIAC Talk is about exile: a new film on a Libyan dissident and a new exhibition on the black experience. Watch it live Tuesday on YouTube.
Il Manifesto
Africans can draw uninformed conclusions about what’s going on in their own backyards and on the continent.
The Art of Peter Clarke
Peter Clarke, who passed away on April 13, 2014, was an elder statesman of South Africa's arts community.
Let Robeson Sing
Manic Street Preachers pay homage to the greatest American of the first half of the twentieth century, Paul Robeson. The music video by Nigerian Andrew Dosunmu is a tribute too.
Punks of the Witwatersrand
The Rise and Fall of National Wake, South Africa’s first multiracial punk band at the height of apartheid, that sang about state violence and political freedoms.
“We Are All Many Things”
South African creatives of Muslim background interact matter-of-factly with their social identity. An interview with playwright and novelist Nadia Davids.
Herded like cattle
Europeans generally travel effortlessly to and through Africa with their humanity intact. Why do they go to such lengths to demean us when we travel through Europe?
The Happy Dutch Sprinter
Why does black characters in Dutch TV commercial plays some exaggerated version of someone from the colonies? Can "normal" black people not sell a product?
Breakfast at Mobutu’s
Jacques Bongoma was a young Congolese progressive who became a close advisor to Joseph Mobutu after the country’s 1965 coup.
The Original Queen B
An ode to Busi Mhlongo, the South African singer, composer and danger.
Azonto Americana
The Ghanaian dance music craze has finally arrived in the United States after sweeping Europe and the continent. Will it catch on here?
New Muslim Youth Culture
Hisham Aidi’s book ‘Rebel Music' remixes race, faith, and geography
Africa gets new football kits
Puma created new kits for African teams ahead of the 2012 African Cup of Nations. At first sight, it looks exciting. Up close, the designers stuck to conservative.