Image Source For the first time in its 46-year history, a Tanzanian film is part of the official selection of the Toronto Film Festival, as Amil Shivji’s “Vuta N’Kuvute” (Tug of Read More..
Art & Culture
These Chefs Are on a Mission to Decolonize West African Food
Image Source When asked “Where is imperialism in Africa?” former president of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara said the answer was simple. “Look at your plates, at the imported grains of wheat, Read More..
Telling The African Story Through Art
Image Source Januário Jano is an Angolan artist and a man on a mission. Tapping into his cocktail of multimedia installations, which range from photography, video, painting, textile and performance art, Read More..
Netflix’s first original Nigerian series builds on a hugely popular political drama set in Lagos
Image Source The official trailer for Nigeria’s first original Netflix series opens with a dramatic question, put by a reporter to fearless political operative Eniola Salami, the show’s lead character: Read More..
Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu: the pan-Africanist who popularized the Eritrean struggle
Image Source Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu was one of Africa’s foremost thinkers, scholar, and political analyst who served as a minister under Julius Nyerere after the Zanzibar Island was merged with Read More..
‘Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)’ Review: This Tale of Would-Be Nigerian Migrants Is a Knockout
The lingering opening shot of “Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)” is a tangle of cords. Mofe (Jude Akuwudike), a factory technician working in Lagos, Nigeria, is all too familiar with Read More..