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Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture Has the skin lightener industry learned from Black Lives Matter?
Cosmetics companies have agreed to remove racially offensive language from their skin products – but history, in Kenya and South Africa, shows they’ve done the same before.
Arts and Culture Black Lives Matter but slavery isn’t our only narrative
Black Lives Matter brings the slavery story into the present in America – but it leaves Africa stuck in the past.
Arts and Culture Reframing women in Namibia’s early history of photography
Images of white Namibian farmers and their workers and a collection of portraits by travelling black photographers form part of the early archive.
Arts and Culture Dear Dambudzo Marechera… The letters Zimbabweans wrote to a literary star
The writer Dambudzo Marechera, who died on 18 August 1987, remains a popular figure in Zimbabwe. Hundreds of handwritten letters found in an archive have revealed the real import of the writer’s enduring influence.
Arts and Culture Towards Wakanda – Chadwick Boseman’s passing and the power and limits of Afrofuturism
Both Black Panther and Beyoncé’s Black is King represent a utopian vision of empowerment and connection to Africa.
Arts and Culture Chadwick Boseman – In celebration of a life well lived
Chadwick Boseman: In celebration of a life well lived. An embodiment of service, accomplishment, compassion and modesty.
Arts and Culture Are lockdown live streams working for South Africa’s musicians?
The live streaming of music events online is full of potential – but right now few artists or hosting venues are earning much from it.
Arts and Culture ‘Big Brother Naija’: Nigeria’s unlikely public relations campaign?
Big Brother Naija continues to dominate cultural conversations among African youth. Is this Nigeria’s strongest PR move?