The Armory Show will highlight eight special projects as part of its invitational “Focus: African Perspectives” section this year, according to information provided to Artsy. Curators Julia Grosse and Yvette Read More..
Art & Film
African Novelists Aren’t Travel Guides
An Interview with Nii Parkes Q. Your first novel, called Tail of the Blue Bird, which was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Prize, has just been translated in France under Read More..
Tanzanian Film Wins U.S. Award
‘Dogo Masai’ a Tanzanian film directed by Timoth Conrad, a Tanzanian film director, Producer and writer, has won three awards at the California Viewers’ Choice Awards in the US. Two Read More..
Tunisia Film Festival Opens Doors in Show of Defiance
Organisers at a major film festival in the Tunisian capital say they will not cancel screenings despite a bloody bombing that killed 13 members of the security forces less than Read More..
Libya’s Forgotten King
The map of modern Libya was not fully drawn until the mid-20th century. The land was fought over by the Ottomans, Italians and the British. It had comprised three ancient Read More..
The U.S. War in Africa
Media coverage of President Barack Obama’s much-touted East Africa trip in July devoted ample space to his diplomatic “balancing act” of promoting U.S. interests alongside expressed concerns for democracy and Read More..