• Basia Cummings

Cristina De Middel self-published book "The Afronauts," revisits the 1960s shortlived, abandoned project by Zambia's government to send the first African astronauts to Mars

• Ts'eliso Monaheng

• Corinna Jentzsch

Licínio Azevedo's "Virgin Margarida" is a critical look into Mozambique's past--its re-education camps.

• Megan Eardley

Nairobi Half Life is a smart, take-no-prisoners action movie that makes us to wrestle with the neoliberal city.

• Shamira Muhammad

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.

• Jesse Weaver Shipley

Chinua Achebe’s legacy is not fixed but rather about responding to change with energy and wit.

• Tom Devriendt

• Grace Benton

Zimbabwean photographer, Nancy Mteki: "If we don’t stand up for ourselves, no one else is going to do it."

• Roxsanne Dyssell

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.

• Gregory Mann

The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?

• Tom Devriendt

A short film of electronic based music across the Sahel region: Mauritania to Northern Nigeria and in-between.

• Tom Devriendt

Apart from a heavy Senegalese presence, this Music Break, No.37, includes some other favorites of this site: Petite Noire, Laura Mvula, Rachid Taha and newcomer, Napoleon Da Legend.

• Simone Bertuzzi

• Zachary Rosen

A conversation with South African artist Masello Motana on pop stars, politicians and personhood.

• Orlando Reade

An interview with Soraya Morayef, who is documenting the graffiti scene in Cairo, Beirut, Libya and Palestine.

• Tom Devriendt

• Tom Devriendt

• Benjamin Lebrave

What The New York Times forgot to tell you about the explosion of digital music in Africa.

• Boima Tucker

• Martijn Kleppe

Why is a photo of an empathetic group of young Dutch Moroccans visiting a concentration camp being used to illustrate so many stories in which Moroccans are a "problem"?