Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
The idealised landscape of Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya’s new novel, A Portrait of Emlanjeni, is animated by the spirit of the...
Repatriation of the dead to Malawi is costly for immigrants when loved ones die in South Africa, and since Covid-19 struck it has become more expensive...
With the right leadership, mindset and policies African countries can achieve, even exceed, the growth and development successes of Asian counterparts.
How do elements of Fela Kuti's music get reproduced by today's pop musicians? Decades after his death, Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s most famous musician continues to live...
Lovecraft Country, a must watch landmark show is a story which grapples with America’s troubled past and present, a binary opposite defined relationship of us versus...
The aftershocks of Hachalu Hundessa’s murder underline the challenges facing Ethiopia’s transition to democracy.
Low-budget, grassroots video-film efforts are beginning to blossom and will shape the film industry in the long run.
There is not much information on artefacts used by Stone Age humans to make sound and music – but the first comprehensive survey is a good...
Tired of bad governance and corruption, Mali’s citizens hope protests will bring political change.
Far from the myth of the omnipotent father of the nation, big man or dictator, the Kenyan presidential system was built on divisions and uncertainty.
Her new book "This Mournable Body" was announced as a Booker Prize contender just days before her arrest for protesting against a government clampdown.
