We are angels, victims of everybody
Looking inside ourselves and working on the dark hearts of our colonial crap.
Culture
Let’s talk about Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s e-book on “Corrective Rape” in South Africa
Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s ‘Corrective Rape: Discrimination, Assault, Sexual Violence, and Murder Against South Africa’s LGBT Community’ is a rather wordy title for a mere 51 page e-book. Attempting to expand upon her original article ‘Violated Hopes’ from The New Yorker, the e-book claims to shed ‘light on the practice of corrective rape’ and examine ‘the wider social context of anti-LGBTI sentiment […]
Black Film, White Masks
Namibian filmmaker, Perivi John Katjavivi: The black voice in cinema occurs on the margins and is filtered, distorted, watered-down, negotiated, corrupted.
To be young, privileged and black in a world of white hegemony
To bear witness to the cacophony of Rhodes Must Fall, as though trying to recall the days of a revolution I was born too late to witness.
Fresh Eyes: Amaal Said’s portraits of belonging
“Images”, as the Chilean visual artist Alfredo Jaar has said, “are not innocent.” From their creation, to their distribution to their interpretation, images are conveyors of power and influence. While traditional media channels have been consolidated in the hands of a few, the rise of the Internet has offered people unprecedented means to access and […]
Weekend Music Break No.73
Here’s our selection of tunes for the weekend of May 9th, 2015 It’s mother’s day weekend in much (but not all) of the world… so let’s start out with Vusi Mahlasela’s “Thula Mama”. Burna Boy turns in a really cool video for “Soke”. Brooklyn artist Teleseen shoots a video on the coast of Brazil, documenting […]
A Metaphorical Biography
Santu Mofokeng’s photographs keep you wanting to know who are these people, what's their sophistications, and what's going to happen to these aspirations?
Pura Música
This is our Teca--basically introducting you to some of the coolest, hippest, most recent music from cities around Latin America.
What are ’emerging voices’ and ’emerging countries’?
Why the author asked for his work to be withdrawn from a prestigious literary competition.
Profile of South African afro-psychedelic future pop sextet Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness
Foodzone is an eatery situated in Lakeview, Soweto, right next to the Rea Vaya bus station on the T1 route. Looking outside from the interior — Foodzone’s located inside a shipping container housing a variety of musical instruments in one corner and a stove where meals are prepared in another — one can see Regina Mundi church to […]
The art of unrest
Cape Town artists, Hasan and Husain Essop, tackle the struggle for land, adequate housing, education and equality in South Africa in their work.
The Decade of People of African Descent
Ten films we can recommend at the 2015 New York African Film Festival. The theme coincides with that of the United Nations and highlights women filmmakers.
Whip it Good
The Danish-Trinidadian artist Jeanette Ehlers is using the white man’s tools to strike back.
Africa, in a state of constant self-discovery
Afripedia is a visual guide to contemporary urban culture on the continent.
Weekend Music Break No.72
Kicking things off this week, South Africa’s BoysnBucks collective show off their “Umswenko” in a new video for “Mswenkofontein”: A bit of Afrobeats from Sierra Leone, Lady Matto brings a nice London-shot video for her uptempo dance track “Oba”: Nigerien Afro-Rock group Tal National released an album this week. Shabazz Palaces member, and AIAC contributor Tendai Maraire […]
New African Disco
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for April 2015.
Testing the fitness of our own instincts
The Nigerian writer Emmanuel Iduma talks to American photographer and teacher, Eric Gottesman, about his work in Ethiopia.
How Nollywood can save African Literature
African writers produce in literary prose — a language and cultural ethos in which they do not live.
The romanticism of history
The resistance legacy of Brazilian slaves suffers from both romanticism and a spotty historical record. But it also persists as a potent social and cultural symbol.
Weekend Music Break No.71
Boima is on vacation this week, so the rest of us scanned the music pages. We can’t promise it will be as eclectic as Boima’s choices. But here we go in short sentences. First up, the Kenyan-Australian singer Okenyo has a new video for her song “Just a Story.” Fashawn, who sounds like Kanye West, […]