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Paul Milchik is a pseudonym for the author of this piece. His name has been changed due to his status as an international student in the US during the second Trump administration, in a context where foreign students have been targeted for detention and deportation as a result of expressing pro-Palestinian views.
An interview with the filmmaker Dehanza Rogers, about the film “Sweet, Sweet Country,” a fictional film capturing the harsh personal choices of Africans in Clarkson, a town in Georgia known for its large immigrant population.
It’s not just Euro-Americans who want to save Africa. Celebrities and entertainers from Asia and Eastern Europe want in too.
Claudio Silva emailed fellow Angolan, photographer Rui Sérgio Afonso, to tell us about his favorite images.
Our weekly update post of things we did not blog about includes a derby goal, a film about the Williams sisters and the passing of a major 20th century South African intellectual.
Bi Kidude, who died on April 17, 2013, was probably Tanzania’s foremost singer and performer of Taarab music.
Nigeria’s ruling class, when faced with criticism, always go for censorship, to silence their critics.
The most creative, incisive political arts and literary publication produced on the African continent, or anywhere for that matter.
An interview with Swedish photographer Jens Assur about his exhibition, “Africa is a Great Country,” about representation of Africa and visual clichés in general.
We were wrong. Some Africans do like Margaret Thatcher. Here’s a gallery of 10 of them.
Takeifa’s sound is a welcome alternative to the more common mbalax music that dominates Senegal’s pop music scene.
Roger Ebert revolutionized television film criticism in the United States with his engaging discussions alongside Gene Siskel. He loved African film.
A campaign in Senegal wants to put public pressure on the government to follow-though on criminal investigations in order to get justice for victims of violence and torture.
With this, I am bringing back Weekend Special for all those things we don’t have the time to blog about or say more than the required 140 characters on Twitter.
Filmmakers Newton Aduaka and Haile Gerima and film critic and scholar, Mbye Cham, assess Fespaco 2013.
Madonna’s attempt to save face after her scolding by Malawi’s president to rehash the stereotype of the corrupt African leader rings hollow, and a bit desperate. Malawi’s President wasn’t having it.