• Sean Henry Jacobs

Roger Ebert revolutionized television film criticism in the United States with his engaging discussions alongside Gene Siskel. He loved African film.

• Janette Yarwood

A campaign in Senegal wants to put public pressure on the government to follow-though on criminal investigations in order to get justice for victims of violence and torture.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

With this, I am bringing back Weekend Special for all those things we don't have the time to blog about or say more than the required 140 characters on Twitter.

• Tom Devriendt

• Shamira Muhammad

Filmmakers Newton Aduaka and Haile Gerima and film critic and scholar, Mbye Cham, assess Fespaco 2013.

• Tom Devriendt

• Elliot Ross

Madonna's attempt to save face after her scolding by Malawi's president to rehash the stereotype of the corrupt African leader rings hollow, and a bit desperate. Malawi's President wasn't having it.

• Bukola Afolayan

Pierre Thiam, a Senegalese-born chef defining African restaurant food in the United States, argues that it is insulting to categorize African cuisine into one box.

• Sarah El-Shaarawi

The comedians Jon Stewart and Bassem Youssef and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.

• Orlando Reade

An interview with Ivorian artist Aboudia. Jean-Michel Basquiat is often cited as an influence in his work, but local experience is a bigger muse.

• 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?