• Tom Devriendt

Weekend Break Number 52 feature, among others, Buika, TV On The Radio, Alex Lomani, Ill Skillz, Tamikrest and Stromae.

• Tom Devriendt

• Sean Henry Jacobs

The contradictions and tensions in pop legend Michael Jackson's relationship with the African continent.

• Africa Is a Country

"We've got Ferraris in Africa. What they gon' say now?", says one of the young people in a new video. Is that the ethics of South Africa's young?

• Orlando Reade

The theater, built by the military and finished in time for FESTAC in 1977, has always been a site of public disagreement.

• Orlando Reade

The Thai-born artist, Pratchaya Phinthong, mines Zambia's colonial history to explore how historical narratives are performed through objects.

• Zachary Rosen

There is a time for everything: Between Afropunk and the passing of a musical legend, Sathima Bea Benjamin, is our Weekend Music Break.

• Zachary Rosen

The words and images found in the Chronic have a tendency to defy simple consumption.

• Antoinette Engel

A group of artists attempt to democratized the image of the country's past through ripping clips off Youtube to re-author what South Africans once knew.

• Boima Tucker

• Boima Tucker

Alex Lomani is part of the Congolese diaspora, who has lived in the US, the DRC and South Africa. He has just released "Mélancolie Joyeuse," a free EP on Bandcamp of four songs that each speak to his personal experience over the past couple of years.

• Zachary Levenson

What are the politics of the briefly banned film "Of Good Report"?

• Jill E. Kelly

The film "Zulu" - starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom - are getting lukewarm reviews. Is the novel, it's based on, any good?

• Sean Henry Jacobs

This week's Weekend Music Break, no. 50, includes a homage to the 34 striking miners murdered by South African police in August 2012.

• Sarah El-Shaarawi

The photographer Scarlett Coten wants to look beyond accepted stereotypes of Arab men, exposing a more diverse, and perhaps softer image.

• Tom Devriendt

• Donata Columbro

The question is whether a reality TV show -- focusing on visiting Italians -- filmed in refugee camps in 3 African countries is useful.

• Netta Kornberg

Namibian literature is a subject that usually draws a blank look and those deeply involved face many frustrations.

• Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi

Emeka Ogboh's experimental videos and soundscapes of Lagos, Nigeria.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

In 1988, Basquiat traveled to Cote d'Ivoire, anticipating "very unsophisticated" Africans would see his art. That's not what happened.