Arts, Culture and Sport Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Arts, Culture and Sport Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/ 32 32 67616479 Olu Jacobs remembered: Nollywood’s elder statesman always acted for his country https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/olu-jacobs-remembered-nollywoods-elder-statesman-always-acted-for-his-country/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/olu-jacobs-remembered-nollywoods-elder-statesman-always-acted-for-his-country/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:31:34 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574346 Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, the Nigerian film producer and renowned actor, whose career spanned more than five decades, has passed away at 84. He belonged to that group of elders representing the best of Nigeria.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/olu-jacobs-remembered-nollywoods-elder-statesman-always-acted-for-his-country/feed/ 0 574346 Fifa in Africa: has Gianni Infantino really helped football development? https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/fifa-in-africa-has-gianni-infantino-really-helped-football-development/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/fifa-in-africa-has-gianni-infantino-really-helped-football-development/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:59:27 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574314 African nations consistently vote for Infantino because they depend on Fifa for financial support.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/fifa-in-africa-has-gianni-infantino-really-helped-football-development/feed/ 0 574314 Decolonising gastronomy: The Ghanaian farmers teaching America’s top chefs https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/decolonising-gastronomy-the-ghanaian-farmers-teaching-americas-top-chefs/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/decolonising-gastronomy-the-ghanaian-farmers-teaching-americas-top-chefs/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:31:17 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574257 When professional food experts from Detroit and Chicago flew to Ghana, they didn't come to teach. They came to learn the ancestral, climate-resilient agricultural secrets of Aseseeso that no elite Western culinary school could ever hope to teach.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/decolonising-gastronomy-the-ghanaian-farmers-teaching-americas-top-chefs/feed/ 0 574257 Racism at the World Cup is an ugly reality. How to understand where it comes from https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/racism-at-the-world-cup-is-an-ugly-reality-how-to-understand-where-it-comes-from/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/racism-at-the-world-cup-is-an-ugly-reality-how-to-understand-where-it-comes-from/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:04:32 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574250 Tired colonial tropes paint Africans as untamed, unrestrained, and lacking in intelligence.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/racism-at-the-world-cup-is-an-ugly-reality-how-to-understand-where-it-comes-from/feed/ 0 574250 Thomas Mapfumo hurts. For many reasons #Zimbabwe https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/thomas-mapfumo-hurts-for-many-reasons-zimbabwe/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/thomas-mapfumo-hurts-for-many-reasons-zimbabwe/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:46:22 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574243 From childhood nostalgia to writing sleeve notes in exile, Takura Zhangazha’s devotion to Thomas Mapfumo faces its ultimate test. As the Chimurenga icon plans a controversial 2026 return to Zimbabwe funded by the ultra-rich, Mukanya’s legacy hangs in the balance. Can a legendary champion of the poor perform for elites without bankrupting his revolutionary soul?

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