For this year’s African Crossroads edition we asked versatile and diverse DJs from the continent to submit their take on Climate Justice in Africa through a 30min audio-visual set. A personal selection of music interrogating and navigating the realms of Earth, Wind, Water and Fire.
Arts, Culture and Sport
Arts, Culture and Sport How Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai has reinvented the idea of a library
With vinyl records, zines and political posters instead of just books, The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember offers a way to reimagine African history.
Arts, Culture and Sport Rethinking ukuthwala, the South African ‘bride abduction’ custom
Perceptions of marriage abduction as a recent phenomenon hide the violence that has been done to women as part of culture.
Arts, Culture and Sport World Cup every 2 years: Pinnick supports Lekjaa
The prospect of the World Cup being played more frequently is gaining ground in the world’s football governing bodies.
Arts, Culture and Sport Germany is returning Nigeria’s looted Benin Bronzes: why it’s not nearly enough
While some German museums are returning some of the famous Benin Bronzes, most remain in museums in the UK and the US even as calls for restitution grow.
Arts, Culture and Sport Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘Theory, a kind of idolatry’
Internationally acclaimed author and renowned feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivered the second UCT VC’s Open Lecture for the year.
Arts, Culture and Sport The spirit, life and art of Tsepo Tshola, pastor of South African pop
Schooled in music through church, he was driven by a fierce sense of belonging to Lesotho where he was born, and neighbouring South Africa.
Arts, Culture and Sport The Village Pope has passed: remembering Tsepo Tshola, Lesotho’s musical giant
For over 50 years Tshola was loved by audiences around the world for his rich baritone voice, which he used to inspire and to speak political truths.
Arts, Culture and Sport Nigeria’s #ENDSARS protests: a window into how creative art can be an act of therapy
The protests paved the way for healing, vitality and a new vista of productive life.