Seven artists from different parts of Africa have come together to release a track aimed at encouraging peace and unity in Africa amid xenophobia attacks in Durban, South Africa.
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Arts, Culture and Sport Oyinda – The Devil’s Gonna Keep Me
Nigerian-born UK-based singer-songwriter-producer Oyinda has released monochrome visuals for her track ‘The Devil’s Gonna Keep Me’
Arts, Culture and Sport TIA writers longlisted for SA arts festival short fiction award
We at TIA are proud of 3 of our colleagues who have been longlisted for South Africa’s National Arts Festival’s Short Sharp Stories Awards for short fiction
Arts, Culture and Sport Short Story Day Africa’s Rachel Zadok: Ours is a global platform for African stories
As part of the Made in Africa II series, TIA’s Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire spoke to Short Story Day Africa founder Rachel Zadok about what informs their strategy for promoting African literature and what that strategy is
Arts, Culture and Sport Parrésia’s Richard Ali: We are publishing African powerful literary voices
You remember that Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s The Whispering Trees and Chika Unigwe’s NightDancer, two of the writers and books featured in the first part of these series are published by Parrésia? We talk to the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Richard Ali about the origins, achievements and prospects of their publishing business
Arts, Culture and Sport South African author Solly Ozrovech dies at 88
Lauded “More Than Conquerors” author (Solly Ozrovech) died this week at 88 years of age, after an impressive career that included writing over 200 books
Arts, Culture and Sport Windham Campbell prizes go to Teju Cole, Helon Habila and others
Nigerian-American writer, Teju Cole, and Nigerian novelist Helon Habila are two of nine writers who have been named recipients of the 2015 Windham Campbell Prizes each worth $150,000
Arts, Culture and Sport The feminist books that inspired us – Part 1
Time and time again, books have been a source of inspiration, and learning. A good book can even change the course of one’s life.
In this two-part series, TIA’s Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah reached out to a number of Black feminists across the globe and asked them, “which feminist book had the most impact on you and why?”
Arts, Culture and Sport ‘Timbuktu’ film wins big at France’s Cesar Awards
It’s onwards and upwards for Abderrahmane Sissako’s epic film ‘Timbuktu’ which looks at the brief occupation of Timbuktu, Mali by Islamist militants. In addition to an Oscar nomination, the film took seven awards at the 40th Cesar Awards including best film and best director