A level of decadence
Muntu Vilakazi photographs the ‘Politics of Bling’ on Johannesburg’s East Rand.
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Steffan Horowitz
Steffan Horowitz is the programming coordinator of the American Film Showcase. He also worked at the New York African Film Festival
The Last Rehearsal
A very subjective list of the top ten films of 2013.
A wayward couple in Dakar
Martin Scorsese digitally restores Djibril Diop Mambéty’s masterpiece Touki Bouki.
The donkey that carried the cloud on its back
A Kenyan film asks in order to evolve, what part of ourselves do we keep and what part do we leave behind.
Somali Justice
A rare and informative glimpse into a situation and part of the world that normally only receives minimal, lazy, and inaccurate coverage.
Anthony Bourdain goes to South Africa
For his CNN food travel show, Bourdain picks black Gauteng rather than pretend-European Cape Town and the Western Cape.
The new South African family film
The idea that a post-racial South Africa can only be achieved through the adoption of white ideals, culture, and norms by black South Africans.
A black boy with blue eyes
Introducing the South African writer, K. Sello Duiker’s novel ‘Thirteen Cents’ to US audiences.
The last day on earth
The U.S. premiere of Alain Gomis’ new film “Tey (Aujourd’hui),” starring Saul Williams.
The Algerian Ministry of Culture
Why is the great director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep) making a state-sponsored biopic?
The Black Atlantis
The negative effects of tourism, globalization, and commercialization in Zanzibar.
Deadline Congo
Harry Belafonte and Martin Scorsese are planning a TV series on King Leopold II of Belgium’s brutal rule in the Congo.
Visual Intimacy
Andrew Dosunmu’s film “Mother of George” is a film about love and tradition set amongst Nigerian immigrants in New York City.
The New Black Films
There is something to be said about the sheer volume of highly-anticipated films made by black filmmakers or about communities of color.
That uncomfortable feeling
The ‘premature’ launch of South Africa’s second 24-hour news television channel.
An African inspired fantasy world
Two Nigerian-American brothers hope to bring a unique African cultural perspective to cartoons, comics and animation, where Africans are usually absent.
The loss of “new” South African innocence
Moses Molelekwa, the brilliant South African pianist, composer and producer died by suicide on 13 February 2001. Florence Mtoba, his wife (also his manager) was found with him; she had been strangled.
African Time
The web series, ‘African Time,’ focuses on the individual experiences of Africans living in the United States.
The ‘Africa Rising’ Bandwagon
Al Jazeera falls for the fiction that business entrepreneurship and corporate capitalism will be Africa’s saving grace.
When the moving picture merges with the sonic beat
Our very biased selection of the top 10 music videos of 2012.