An Ode to Oshodi Market
Old Oshodi highlighted the complexity of the city, showcasing the ingenuity of the people of Lagos in their use of the informal market in making a living.
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Somewhere between folklore, memoir and modern fiction
Reading Yewande Omotoso's novel "Bom Boy," just when you think you’ve figured the characters out, the author opens them up a little more, and our perceptions change.
We’ve always been migrating
A film about a Sudanese migrant to America explores a general fact of contemporary existence.
The Passing of Ernest Cole
We don’t know why the South African photographer decided to apply to become "coloured" under Apartheid's racial classification laws.
The Other African Election: Sarkozy K.O.’d
What does all that mean for French-African politics? It’s hard to tell what will next emerge from that fetid swamp.
Fighting Pop
Congolese/South African (via Belgium) musician Yannick Ilunga, AKA Iamwaves, has been rather busy lately. His group
A French migration fairytale
A remarkable amount of new films in recent months have used migration, detention and illegal sea crossings as their subject matter.
The cinema of liberation
The film, "Come Back, Africa," first released in 1959, challenged how white liberals imagined black people or tried to shape their struggles in South Africa.
Friday Bonus Music Break, N°9
Your weekly #musicbreak roundup. Mokobe and Oumou Sangare pray for peace in Mali:
Art and assassination in Angola
A locally produced arts festival creates panic for Angola's authoritarian government, who has, predictably, responded with panic and repression.
Exhibition. Cape Town in France
Cécile Mella (remember her portraits of the Cape Town ad world) will be showing her photography
Not the Caine Prize
Since 2004, Le Salon africain (part of the annual Geneva Book Fair) awards the Ahmadou Kourouma