Culture
The art of unrest
Cape Town artists, Hasan and Husain Essop, tackle the struggle for land, adequate housing, education and equality in South Africa in their work.
The Decade of People of African Descent
Ten films we can recommend at the 2015 New York African Film Festival. The theme coincides with that of the United Nations and highlights women filmmakers.
Whip it Good
The Danish-Trinidadian artist Jeanette Ehlers is using the white man’s tools to strike back.
Africa, in a state of constant self-discovery
Afripedia is a visual guide to contemporary urban culture on the continent.
New African Disco
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for April 2015.
Testing the fitness of our own instincts
The Nigerian writer Emmanuel Iduma talks to American photographer and teacher, Eric Gottesman, about his work in Ethiopia.
How Nollywood can save African Literature
African writers produce in literary prose — a language and cultural ethos in which they do not live.
The romanticism of history
The resistance legacy of Brazilian slaves suffers from both romanticism and a spotty historical record. But it also persists as a potent social and cultural symbol.
The necessity to manifest our own experiences
An interview with the director of the first-ever feature-length film in Quechua, spoken by many of the indigenous people of the South American Andes.
The Nile Project
Uniting a region - the music of eleven countries - and overcoming ‘World Music’ cliches.
This brand of non-racialism is no better than denial
A review of a documentary film about the life of Albie Sachs, a noted antiapartheid activist and later Supreme Court Judge in postapartheid South Africa.
Three separate films
'Virunga' is an important film, even if it lacks perspectives from local stakeholders.
Bands That Groove
Danny Mekonnen of Debo Band previews the Aputumpu Festival in Boston.