• M’barek Bouhchichi

What happens when art steps into the gaps left by official history? A conversation on race, memory, and the unfinished work of making meaning.

• Atiyyah Khan

How Sudanese political satirist Khalid Albaih uses his art and writing to confront injustice, challenge authority, and highlight the struggles of marginalized communities worldwide.

• Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi

In 1991, acclaimed South African artist Helen Sebidi’s artworks were presumed stolen in Sweden. Three decades later, a caretaker at the residential college where they disappeared found them in a ceiling cupboard, still in their original packaging.

• Oyedele Alokan

Nigerian comedians are getting political.

• Sa’eed Husaini

Nigeria's archives of revolutionary printmaking offers us insights into the dissident voices of the country's old left, which are surprisingly relevant today.

• El Hadji Malick Ndiaye

Senegalese art historian El Hadji Malick Ndiaye on curating one of the two longest-serving biennales on the African continent.

• Shamira Ibrahim

Reflections on the 16th edition of the Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual March meeting.

• Anakwa Dwamena

Looking back at 20 years of research-based practice in Ghana, Jesse Weaver Shipley’s latest exhibition blurs the distinction between political rebels and artists.

• Aziz Faarah

One man’s mission to reclaim Somali material culture.

• Laura Burocco

The theme for this year’s Venice Biennale, the ‘olympics of the art world’ is ‘Foreigners Everywhere.’ But beyond representation, what are the barriers to participation?

• Tinashe Mushakavanhu

Roy Guthrie was a refrigerator salesman in South Africa before he moved to Zimbabwe and established its largest sculpture park.

• Portia Zvavahera

The vivid imagery of Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera touches powerfully on themes such as womanhood, religion and spirituality.

• Akin Adeṣọkan

How might a longer view of African art-making affect our understanding of what counts as art, text, and authorship?

• Kristof Titeca

In Kampala, Nasser Road has become an iconic site of entrepreneurial printing, most famously, its ubiquitous posters of notorious political figures like Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.

• Arpita Mandal

Leila Aboulela’s historical novel of nineteenth century Sudan tells the story of one of Africa’s first successful, anticolonial uprisings.

• Nancy Dantas

In the 1980s, the South African arts collective Vakalisa Art Associates reclaimed time as a tool of social control through their subversive calendars.

• Drew Thompson

Asking whether white people should curate African art anymore, may be outdated. Instead we should ask: what is African art now and does the category matter anymore?

• Jeanine Heriveaux
• Lisane Basquiat

A new exhibit of Jean-Michel Basquiat's life and work explores the influences of his family and the African world on his visual sensibilities and identity.

• Frida Orupabo

The artist, Frida Orupabo, explores the social world around her via her large collages. Curator, Elvira Dyangani Ose, spoke to her about her work.

• Serubiri Moses

The 14th edition of the Dakar Biennale puts up the first significant survey of Senegalese artist El Hadji Sy’s work in the city.