Despite their invisibility in official negotiations, women play a decisive role in community peace agreements.
The Arterial Network recently launched an ambitious programme that aims to create social change through cultural action and cultural policy in four African cities. Sophia Olivia...
Political scenarios would be ludicrous if played out in any other arena, but the African political scene is never without its antics. Uganda's constitution may be...
Nyege Nyege is a Luganda noun meaning the feeling of a sudden uncontrollable urge to move, shake or dance. The festival returned to the source of...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari was voted into power promising change and Nigerians were hopeful. The country wanted corruption eradicated, poverty reduced and lives improved, but the...
Every year since 2013, writers from all over the continent converge on Kampala, Uganda, for the Writivism Festival, an event that takes place over four days...
In Uganda, the term ethics is synonymous with pornography and sexual activities. The fight by the ethics minister Simon Lokodo is not on corruption but on...
Forty years after Steve Bantu Biko’s death at the hands of apartheid police, Tseliso Monaheng considers the Black Consciousness thought leader’s legacy, then and now.
Molemo Kgomo launched Ntombenhle Dolls in 2005 when she recognized the need for a doll that could capture her culture and bring it to life for...
The Reed Dance, also known as Umkhosi woMhlanga among the Zulus in South Africa has boosted tourism for the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. This year 45,000 maidens...
Like its counterparts all over the world, Africa’s elite political class desires power not so much to serve the people but to access the privileges of...
