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Mandela’s Black Marxism
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Transient literatures and maps
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Freeing slaves for peanuts – a slice of Senegalese history
What peanut trading in late 19th century Senegal tells us about the fine line between slavery and freedom.
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Reading List: Ayomide Bayowa
Nigerian Canadian poet Ayomide Bayowa discusses the influences behind his latest poetry collection. Cover of Gills. My debut poetry collection,
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Printing the political: Robocop and Bin Laden posters in Uganda
In Kampala, Nasser road has become an iconic site of entrepreneurial printing, most famously, its ubiquitous posters of notorious political
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Malian filmmaker’s tribute to her father
Fatou Cissé’s directorial debut meditates on the uncertain fate and importance of Malian cinema amidst the growing dismissiveness towards the
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Films on disability, load shedding and black hair awarded at Khayelitsha festival
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More than a building
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The new Zimbabwe soundtrack
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April 7, 2023
Arts & Culture
Writing authentic stories about Africa – Inventing our own fictions
A summary of Binyavanga Wainaina’s book How To Write About Africa.
AIAC
June 22, 2023
Arts & Culture
Mandela’s Black Marxism
Interview with Paul S. Landau, author of Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries. Nelson Mandela is deified everywhere. But typically missing
AIAC
June 16, 2023
Arts & Culture
Transient literatures and maps
During apartheid, literary magazine ‘Staffrider’ flourished from its ability to represent multiple social visions. However, it struggled to achieve the
AIAC
June 11, 2023
Arts & Culture
Freeing slaves for peanuts – a slice of Senegalese history
What peanut trading in late 19th century Senegal tells us about the fine line between slavery and freedom.
AIAC
June 9, 2023
Arts & Culture
Reading List: Ayomide Bayowa
Nigerian Canadian poet Ayomide Bayowa discusses the influences behind his latest poetry collection. Cover of Gills. My debut poetry collection,
AIAC
June 6, 2023
Arts & Culture
Printing the political: Robocop and Bin Laden posters in Uganda
In Kampala, Nasser road has become an iconic site of entrepreneurial printing, most famously, its ubiquitous posters of notorious political
AIAC
May 26, 2023
Arts & Culture
Malian filmmaker’s tribute to her father
Fatou Cissé’s directorial debut meditates on the uncertain fate and importance of Malian cinema amidst the growing dismissiveness towards the
AIAC
May 26, 2023
Arts & Culture
Films on disability, load shedding and black hair awarded at Khayelitsha festival
Young and upcoming film-makers who were part of last weekend’s three-day film festival at Bertha Movie House in Khayelitsha have
Elitsha
May 5, 2023
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More than a building
Read More The film “No Place But Here” uses VR or 360 media to immerse a viewer inside a
AIAC
April 13, 2023
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The new Zimbabwe soundtrack
Bantu Spaceship is an experimental Afro-electronic music duo, featuring the eclectic vocal talents of Ulenni Okandlovu and the joyfully otherworldly
AIAC
April 7, 2023