Arts, Culture and Sport Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 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 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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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/thomas-mapfumo-hurts-for-many-reasons-zimbabwe/feed/ 0 574243 Racial stereotypes of African footballers persist. A World Cup is a good time to talk about them https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/racial-stereotypes-of-african-footballers-persist-a-world-cup-is-a-good-time-to-talk-about-them/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/racial-stereotypes-of-african-footballers-persist-a-world-cup-is-a-good-time-to-talk-about-them/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:33:41 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574227 Africans are often sold as physically strong with raw talent, but lacking in discipline and technical refinement.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/racial-stereotypes-of-african-footballers-persist-a-world-cup-is-a-good-time-to-talk-about-them/feed/ 0 574227 Power, pleasure and patriarchy: why The Polygamist on Netflix is captivating viewers https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/power-pleasure-and-patriarchy-why-the-polygamist-on-netflix-is-captivating-viewers/ https://thisisafrica.me/arts-and-culture/power-pleasure-and-patriarchy-why-the-polygamist-on-netflix-is-captivating-viewers/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:36:30 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=574202 Power and pleasure collide with Black hopes and dreams in the show that has sparked global conversation.

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