I haven’t done this type of music break (i.e. all jazz) in a while. But before counting down some good music (basically stuff I’ve been listening to lately), first let me promote an event: Later this month, April 20th, the University of York in the UK, hosts a one-day “discussion” on “South African Jazz Cultures.” […]
Nairobi Half Life is a smart, take-no-prisoners action movie that makes us to wrestle with the neoliberal city.
For all its cinema glitz, Cannes is in a part of France associated with the far right and very anti-immigrant, so it is a treat to see the region is hosting an African themed film festival.
Chinua Achebe’s legacy is not fixed but rather about responding to change with energy and wit.
When Tendai Maraire broke down his Pungwe mixtape for us last year. I remember when Zimbabwe gained independence. My mother had a big party at the house in Seattle — with all her friends, Zimbabwean and American. My uncle, who fought in the guerrilla war against the white Rhodesian state, flew in weeks later. She started celebrating […]
Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki: "If we don’t stand up for ourselves, no one else is going to do it."
The story of Happy Sindane, the lost white boy, who put a lie to South Africa's rainbow shibboleths.
For our series interviewing the new generation of African creatives, we sent questions to designer. Olalekan Jeyifous. We asked him for his five favorite designs.
Why when African leaders meet Barack Obama, they are received in groups (unlike all other heads of state) and rarely get to speak?
The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?
What has Steve Bantu Biko got to do with partying and spring in the Netherlands?
A short film of electronic based music across the Sahel region: Mauritania to Northern Nigeria and in-between.