• Erin MacLeod

The story of the Rastafari community who moved to their promised land of Ethiopia on land granted by Haile Selassie in the late 1950s as thanks for diaspora's support during the Italian occupation.

• Didi Cheeka

What personal and collective memory is evoked when we encounter films from a historical period?

• Magee McIlvaine

• Nathan Yardy

New artistic possibilities are boundless for 360° film as the technology becomes more accessible.

• Katarina Hedrén

Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' should be seen as part of the Afrofuturism genre, which offers physical and mental liberation through supernatural or non-realistic means.

• Zachary Rosen

• Sisonke Msimang

An in-depth look at the life and times of Winnie Madizikela-Mandela largely in her own words.

• Perivi John Katjavivi

The mass murder of Nama and Herero by German colonists is now the subject of a documentary by the South African director, Vincent Moloi.

• George Kibala Bauer

In the film, "Maman Colonelle," a Congolese policewoman takes on ghosts of the past.

• Abraham T. Zere

• Joe Lowndes

The originator of dub poetry talks about the role of culture in politics, antiracist and class struggle in the UK.

• Boima Tucker

• Noah Tsika

The film depicts the mutually transformative friendship of three “ethnically different” Nigerian young men in break with their elders' attitudes.

• Oumar Ba

The 24th edition of the New York African Film Festival put Senegal in the spotlight, featuring five short films from there.

• Anakwa Dwamena

Art – especially music – occupies a double-edged place in Ghanaian history in its relation to power.

• Marissa Moorman

The stories of those who fought on the frontlines, were imprisoned, or wanted to establish real democracy after independence in Angola.

• Noah Tsika

Nigerian cinema is finally being embraced outside Nollywood for its diversity and capacity to adapt to dramatic technological and infrastructural shifts.

• Sella Oneko

A number of recently made, small budget films are doing the festival rounds. They give great insight into African women as actors, characters and filmmakers.

• Aubrey Bloomfield

The constant struggle of the Sahrawi to assert their identity in the face of a permanent occupation by Morocco.

• Gili Levinson

Malians started arriving in New York City in the 1980s, numbering about 8,000 now. They also brought their music.