Image Source In 1948, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, a young Ivorian former colonial navy officer, living in Dakar, Senegal—then the capital of French west Africa—had a vision. The skies opened up, Read More..
Art & Film
Tanzania’s Amil Shivji on Love and Resistance in Toronto Film Festival Period Drama ‘Tug of War’
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..
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..
‘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..
Senegal’s Protest Soundtrack
Artistic activism – combining the creative power of the arts to move people emotionally for the purpose of creating an Effect – provides perspective and allows new ways to imagine Read More..
This is not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
Berlin-based Mosotho filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s devastating and hypnotic This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is already one of the most esteemed African films ever to hit the Read More..