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The Last Rehearsal
A very subjective list of the top ten films of 2013.


Ghanaians Like Catchphrases
From the entertaining, mundane and sometimes depressing events and revelations, five of the most important lessons we learned from this year.

The monologue of her silence
The Senegalese director, Khady Sylla, made films out of the impossible and the untranslatable.

Facepalm: Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore’s “Africa”
We have no illusions about Sandler having a responsibility to create smart cinema.

In the middle of the desert
African refugees walk to Jerusalem in mass protest against indefinite detention by the Israeli state.

Black Brazilian
“Brazilian” is not a race and life in Brazil is still black and white. Black people hardly benefit from Brazilian-ness.

Vintage Cru
The Johannesburg-based crew challenges the status quo in South Africa with dance.

An Interactive Study Map of African States
History professsor Laura Mitchell developed this interactive map for her students for a map quiz and for the rest of us dispel the notion that Africa is a country. Go on, do the exercise.