The new film, “A Brilliant Genocide”, tells the story of the largely unacknowledged Acholi Genocide that President Yoweri Museveni committed against the Acholi people for 20 years from 1986 to Read More..
Art & Film
Ephasini Lamabhudango: Reimagining the Ndebele Woman in Modern Day Johannesburg
A young Ndebele woman, in modern day Johannesburg, reveals her “envisioned dream world” — an enactment of her dream outside of the post-colonial construction of the Ndebele female identity. Ephasini Read More..
Meet Natty Rebel: the Visual Artist Whose Public Artwork is Making Waves Internationally
I was introduced to André Jones, also known as Natty Rebel, and his works of art sometime in late 2014. At the time, he was part of a group exhibition Read More..
Ethiopian Artist Gelila Mesfin’s Digitally Embellished Portrait Collection
Mesfin’s digitally reworked portraits are an arresting collection of subjects altered with nature inspired features, forms and patterns. Stunningly, the subjects appear swathed in rich colors and shapes, and adorned Read More..
Njelele Celebrates Three Years of Urban Art
This month marks the three year anniversary of Njelele Art Station, an urban art laboratory in downtown Harare focused on the practice and production of contemporary, experimental, and public art. Read More..
Why Papa Wemba’s Legacy Will Outlive Us All
There is a scene in the classic 1987 French-Congolese film La Vie Est Belle, where a character played by the legendary musician Papa Wemba is mistaken for dead after a Read More..