• Achille Mbembe

This planetary turn of the African predicament will constitute the main cultural and philosophical event of the 21st century, argues Achille Mbembe.

• Serubiri Moses

The ultimate goal of Michele Siblioni's work is to achieve the satisfaction of the white male ego, via the camera lens and exotic depictions of black women.

• Christine Hogg

The Edge of Wrong Music Festival in Cape Town adds value, especially in places where radio airtime has until very recently been monopolized by the American pop genre.

• Boima Tucker

• Sisonke Msimang

When your Uber driver has never heard of Muhammad Ali you realize you're not his friend and you and he occupy different worlds.

• Liz Timbs

The Nsibidi Institute Memory Project attempts to use digital forums to preserve popular, everyday memories of Nigeria.

• Ben Stillerman

• Olugbenga Adelekan

Is diasporan a word? It is now. You cannot understand what it is to be Nigerian, or Kenyan or South African now, without factoring in the diaspora.

• Thembi Mutch

Why are we so averse to acknowledging complexity, difference, subtlety and agency when it comes to art that emerges from and in Africa?

• Liduduma'lingani Mqombothi

Is the new benchmark in South African cinema “Happiness Is A Four Letter Word"?

• Dylan Valley

• Boima Tucker

• Billie Adwoa McTernan

It’s hard not to imagine what could have been, or indeed could be in postcolonial Ghana if the political will and right management was in place.

• Nick Turse

• Boima Tucker

• Remi Onabanjo

What would an alternative visual vocabulary through which to comprehend Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, look like?

• Benjamin Lebrave

It is rare in much of Africa to see a festival line-up of both established and up and coming artists performing with a full band.

• Noah Tsika

Who, ultimately, can speak with authority on recent events in Egypt, and, more importantly, how?

• Liz Timbs

A website archive makes the case that Liberia needs a history that will be called 'history after the settlers.'

• Zachary Rosen

Amy Sall (Sunu Journal), Candace Keller (Michigan State), Drew Thompson (Bard), curator Thato Mogotsi and Cherif Keita, reflect on Malick Sidibé's impact.