
The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery come...

She experiments with form while capturing the hopes and contradictions of our times.

Why professionalisation, not just talent, will decide who profits from the continent’s music boom.

How the world fell in love with African music, and why the continent still earns less than 1% of global revenues.

Behold, a great mountain has fallen! A titan of African Literature, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has passed on. A pioneering writer who told the African story relentlessly,...