As Angélique Kidjo strode elegantly on to the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall in a floor-skimming, gold-sequinned gown and African head wrap, she looked every inch the diva. “You Read More..
Culture & Life
Not just another brick in the wall
Early in November 2023, a lineup of eleven local and three international artists spread across various parts of Cape Town to ‘make their mark to protect the oceans’. The edition Read More..
How Editi Effiong & Richard Mofe-Damijo made ‘The Black Book’ a global Netflix hit
Netflix says the action-thriller, starring Nollywood icon Richard Mofe-Damijo as Paul Edima, an avenging ex-security operative on the hunt for the murderers of his only child, ranked fourth globally amongst Read More..
Haiti: Music keeping children out of gangs in Port au prince
In Haiti’s capital, it is not unusual to hear loud crashes that many associate with the gangs who have torn this city apart. But today this is not violence, but music. Read More..
Obama artist showcases portraits of African presidents
An artist who rose to fame as the first African-American artist to officially paint a US president – Barack Obama in 2018 – has now done the same for current Read More..
Hundreds mark PANAFEST, revisit cultural traumas that led to slave trade
Hundreds of Africans on the continent and in the diaspora have converged at Ghana’s historic site, Elmina Castle, to celebrate history and relieve cultural traumas that led to the Atlantic Read More..