The Last Prostitute
Licínio Azevedo's "Virgin Margarida" is a critical look into Mozambique's past — its re-education camps.
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Friday All Jazz Break
A bonus music break focused on jazz, including a conference on South African jazz, as well as the varied sounds of Jon Batiste, Guillermo Klein, Madeline Peyroux, Secret Society, and Moonchild,
Kenyan Neorealism
Nairobi Half Life is a smart, take-no-prisoners action movie that makes us to wrestle with the neoliberal city.
Africans in Cannes
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.
A Poet of Global Encounters
Chinua Achebe’s legacy is not fixed but rather about responding to change with energy and wit.
The visibility of contemporary African women artists
Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki: "If we don’t stand up for ourselves, no one else is going to do it."
The story of a lost white boy
The story of Happy Sindane, the lost white boy, who put a lie to South Africa's rainbow shibboleths.
Africa in a way that hasn’t been seen before
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.
Can African Heads of State speak
Why when African leaders meet Barack Obama, they are received in groups (unlike all other heads of state) and rarely get to speak?
Afrique 3.0, Version 2.0
The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?
The Steve Biko Party
What has Steve Bantu Biko got to do with partying and spring in the Netherlands?