The Congolese Burden
'Beauté Congo' wonderfully represents Congolese contemporary art, yet fails to completely evade European colonial baggage.
Culture
We watch movies (and trailers) for you
This is the first edition of a new weekly series of posts/listicles we’ll be doing to keep you up to speed with the world of African cinema/TV/online video content. We’ll be sharing news, trailers and complete short films. Welcome to our movie night. 1. Remember director Ava DuVarney’s distribution and exhibition network ARFFM? It’s now an […]
Bedtime reading for George Clooney
How can international advocacy movements be self-reflective and accountable to the people on whose behalf they speak?
Sex, beer, and ndombolo
A Congolese writer whose work oscillates between gripping dystopia and humanist celebration.
Catching up with Noura Mint Seymali
A smallish woman from Mauritania, she rules the stage with a fiery intensity that only the most powerful divas can maintain.
What do they know of cricket
White South African cricket writers should stop commenting on cricket as if the game is apolitical or the national team is still as all-white as when the country was first allowed back into international cricket.
The failure in understanding the Congo
The new documentary film, "We Will Win Peace," skillfully debunks many myths behind conflict minerals in the Congo.
There is nothing to do in Bogotá
Festejo Pachone is a crowdfunded music estival in Bogotá, Colombia that disproves the perception of the city is culturally lacking.
Beasts of No Nation and the child soldier movie genre
The film is doubly removed from the West Africa in which it was made and in whose name it claims to speak.
Weekend Music Break No.87
Weekend is here so that means it’s time for another music break! If there’s any theme this weekend, it is artists who are looking back into the past to tap into some kind of inherited tradition or cultural roots… and then one just for fun. Enjoy! We covered Gabacho Maroconnection earlier this month in our Liner Notes […]
The Community Video Education Trust
A digital collection that enhances understandings of the South African struggle against apartheid through the medium of film.
Robert Sobukwe’s Children
The members of Johannesburg rock band, The Brother Moves On, see themselves as Pan-Africanists.
Maghreb Lyon
The immigrant Maghrebi experience in Lyon, France, as told through cassette tapes.
You Want Another Rap, Uganda?
You can’t separate Drake from Toronto or Heems from Queens. So Young Cardomom and HAB rap like they are from Kampala.
Archiving black South African LGBTQI
Muholi on inspirations: "Audre Lorde will always be my favorite because she informed a lot of us, gave us a new way of thinking."
A locally-driven vision of African identity and space
Using Instagram, photographer Fati Abubakar wants to take us beyond Boko Haram in Nigeria's Borno State.
Where is “America”?
Before Columbus’ arrival, there were already millions of people living in America, who we could say had “discovered it."
Weekend Music Break No.86 – The WOMEX (2015) Edition
The 15th edition of WOMEX, Europe’s premiere World Music trade show is happening next week in Budapest Hungary. As African music grows in popularity globally, it is events like WOMEX that serve as a first port of entry into the continent for many non-European artists; whether traditional, experimental, or pop. In light of this year’s headlines around […]
Cowries and Rice
The global impact of the exchanges and experiences between China and Africa.
The stories of Ghana’s young filmmakers
Heritage inspires content and art conjures thought. With this ethos guiding us, Rebecca Oheneasah Hesse and I launched Bεnpaali Young Filmmakers Festival in Accra as a forum for young artists. A year before, we attended Legon International Film Event (LIFE), a gathering of mostly men from Ghana’s pioneering film industry. By day two, LIFE began to feel incredibly […]