The cemetery of cinema
Thierno Souleymane Diallo’s latest film traces his search for what is likely the first film made by a Guinean, in the process asking: how is a film culture possible when the infrastructure and institutions are lacking?
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Vishnu Bachani
Vishnu Bachani is an occasional critic and writer on music, mathematics, and film.
The workings of extremism
Nigeria’s 2021 submission to the Oscars probes the psychology and propaganda of militant jihadism through the eyes of two sisters.
The weaponization of memory in Burundi
Prince Louis Rwagasore, also known as “Burundi’s Lumumba,” has been reduced to a political tool by the country’s elite, but artists are doing his legacy justice.
The exiled writer from Equatorial Guinea
A new documentary about Equatorial Guinea and the exiled writer Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel provides an honest, critical examination of the country’s political, social, and cultural issues.
Invitation diplomacy
Onejoon Che’s film about North Korea’s relationship to African countries suggests a unique transcontinental relationship that resists easy classification.