
In exile, he imagined a different Africa in his music, while being exposed to new realities abroad.




Millions of Africans could be uprooted or trapped where they are through climate-induced displacement and migration.
















Jozi based filmmaker Tseliso Monaheng caught up with some of our Johannesburg-based contributors to talk about the importance of telling our own stories and the power...

What is beauty? Why do we always have to conform to western preconceived notions of what beauty is?
One of Africa’s most influential writers, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, is ushered in with a prayer before proceeding to address the AKE Festival’s crowd. Ngugi is prolific...
In a panel discussion, writer Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah touches on the brazen hypocracy shown towards sexuality. She expands on the cognitive bias shown by mass media...
We sat down with professor Sabelo Gatsheni-Ndlovu to talk about – ‘The origins of decolonial education’

The Tanzanian government has suspended U.S. funded AIDS programs for the gay community in what is seen as a crackdown on homosexuals in Tanzania. The suspension...

The publishing industry continues to elicit controversy, blame and counter blame far as the publication of literary works is concerned. Oduor Jagero, a self-published author, examines...

‘Like it or not, your dick will never compare to a good lick.’ This is the tag line that comes with a new app called Lickster,...

Society, parents, schools and popular media all perpetuate the myth that girls don't have the brains or ability to be scientists. Of course, that simply isn't...

Today is the World Day of Social Justice. Social justice is upheld through the promotion of social and gender equality or the rights of indigenous peoples...