The great opus of “Small Bobby”
Ranjith Kally (1925-2017), a legendary photographer, documented South African Indian life in famed magazine Drum.
Culture
The values of David Goldblatt
Inseparable from the photographic images of world-renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, are values. Values, like
The legacy of Biafra and the idea of being Nigerian
If being Nigerian meant anything, the presidency wouldn’t be rotated every eight years between the North and South or along tribal lines.
Biafra–nostalgia as critique
How does rhetoric of a 1960’s failed secessionist state in Nigeria flow into a sleepy industrial city in southern China, amongst young Nigerian merchants, none of whom lived through the war themselves?
Masculinity and its Discontents
An in-depth look at the life and times of Winnie Madizikela-Mandela largely in her own words.
Weekend Music Break No.109 – Shameless self-promotion edition
Music Break! Welcome to your weekend. This week we have a bit of shameless self promotion,
The legacy of the first genocide of the 20th century
The mass murder of Nama and Herero by German colonists is now the subject of a documentary by the South African director, Vincent Moloi.
Mother in law
In the film, "Maman Colonelle," a Congolese policewoman takes on ghosts of the past.
The African Who Wanted to Fly
When he was fifteen, the Gabonese Luc Bendza embarked on his life journey to China to
It wasn’t cricket
The systemic challenges faced by black South Africans in even getting onto the field to play cricket in the first place.
Blaxploitation, Italian style
The stories of the Afro-Italian, African-American, and Afro-Caribbean actors and crews who helped shape Italy's film industry.
Linton Kwesi Johnson and Black British Struggle
The originator of dub poetry talks about the role of culture in politics, antiracist and class struggle in the UK.
A different kind of girl power
In recent years there has been a global convergence on the “girling of development”; in other
Weekend Music Break No.108
This time no theme, just another Music Break for your weekend! Weekend Music Break No.108 1)
Rosa Parks doesn’t live here anymore
The decision to relocate Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks's home from Detroit to Berlin, Germany, is another case of white savior complex.
Green White Green is a love letter to Nigeria’s youth
The film depicts the mutually transformative friendship of three “ethnically different” Nigerian young men in break with their elders' attitudes.
The problem of white supremacy is not rocket science
I was losing my temper. I was sitting in the cinema in central London watching LA
Thinking aloud with Stuart Hall
The re-emergence of racialized modes of thinking, racism and discrimination across the West, makes reading and re-reading Stuart Hall urgent.
Senegalese struggles play out on screen
The 24th edition of the New York African Film Festival put Senegal in the spotlight, featuring five short films from there.
Finding humor in Egypt’s tragedy
The rise and fall of television satire reflects the tragedy and disillusionment of the post-Morsi era.