With the presidential results in and Kenyans finally on the other end of a long election tally there are some...
African photography is on the rise. From street to art photography, conceptual and documentary to fashion shoots, home-grown photographers are increasingly showing the world what they...
The recently published critique by Sandile Memela, “The Coca-Colonisation of African Culture,” was mired in alarmist histrionics, showed little consideration for history and just waved a...
There seems to be a general consensus amongst Africans that while it is acceptable to compare countries on the continent with one another (and occasionally group...
A to Z list of what we cannot simply blame on apartheid, what we would not have expected of a government that claims to be committed...
A to Z list of what we cannot simply blame on apartheid, what we would not have expected of a government that claims to be committed...
Skin-lightening/bleaching is a problem, but it's only a sign of much deeper inter-related issues: self-hatred, a race-based identity crisis, and the internalisation of Western-created cultural ideas...
African recording artists have as much right as anyone to borrow influences from anywhere in the world, but when we celebrate those who have succumbed to...
You ain’t down if you ain’t got the twerk. But why do white girls win cred for twerking while black girls get called “ghetto”, among other...
If you’re one of Nollywood’s millions of fans around the world, you can’t fail to have read one of the sensational headlines in the blogosphere and...
When you are really ready to live in Africa you take a step back, listen and learn from those who know a whole lot more than...
