The elderly, the blind and people with albinism
In which category would the South African photographer Pieter Hugo place himself? What do they stand for or what his photographs can and cannot tell.
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The good Senegalese woman
Madame Faye Sall is the first woman of Senegalese birth and ancestry to become First Lady of Senegal. Some women in Senegal hope it will affect the debate about women and power there.
Film Review: “The Education of Auma Obama”
Republican party propaganda wants to paint President Barack Obama’s Kenyan family as alien to America. In
Coup d’Etat is the New Black
Military takeovers are happening so quickly and so fast in Africa, and instapundits need back facts. We are here to help. Here are some basic facts about Guinea-Bissau, site of the latest coup d'etat.
The 19th New York African Film Festival: “Relentless”
“Relentless” is fundamentally a film about Lagos. About how director Andy Okoarafor sees it. In Okoarafor’s
Bamako-sur-Seine
A sense of how the Malian diaspora experiences the political tensions and instability back home.
The best sports films have no play in them
Tunde Kelani's "Maami," a tale about a former professional footballer, is bold and stylish film-making, and it deserves a wide audience.
Coke and cynicism
I won’t bother to unpack this commercial, but this is exhibit A for the case against
Germany’s Namibian Legacy
Jim Naughtom's images of Herero wearing German colonial outfits, is a powerful and necessary form of post-colonial critique.
The 19th New York African Film Festival: ‘Playing Warriors’
It’s not hard to see why Rumbi Katedza’s first feature has been described as a Zimbabwean
The 19th New York African Film Festival: ‘How to steal 2 million’
In South African director Charlie Vundla’s “How to Steal 2 Million,” Johannesburg is equated with “a
Joyce Banda is President of Malawi
In her first order of business since being inaugurated as Malawi’s new president on Saturday, Joyce