Cameroon: The Fascinating Cameroonian Art of Spider Divination Is On Display At London Exhibition
[The Conversation Africa] Tomás Saraceno In Collaboration: Web(s) of Life, which opened at London’s Serpentine South Gallery in June, explores how humans relate to spiders. It features installations of spider webs displayed and lit to be viewed as…
Zimbabwe: Gospel Musician Diva Mafunga Dies
[New Zimbabwe] Gospel singer David ‘Diva’ Mafunga has died.
Mozambique: Paulina Chiziane, Mozambique’s Grand Novelist, Finally Receives Her Prestigious Award
[The Conversation Africa] Paulina Chiziane, the first woman to publish a novel in Mozambique, has become the first African woman to receive the most important award for Portuguese literature, the Camões Prize. She’s also the first to break all the…
Africa: Belgium’s Africamuseum Has a Dark Colonial Past – It’s Making Slow Progress in Confronting This History
[The Conversation Africa] Racist displays and stories remain on display in several western European museums. They include grotesque objects depicting African people as “savage” and “wild”. Narratives of a “continent without history” and fantasies of Eu…
Algeria: In Algeria, the Death of a Literary Salon Is a Tragedy, the Silencing of Dissent, an Everyday Occurrence
[African Arguments] In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers, artists and activists that used to gather at a literary café in Aokas.
Uganda: Actors Challenged to Do More Than the Bare Minimum
[Nile Post] Ugandan actors have been urged to do more than the bare minimum if they are to rise to international level.
Uganda: Mun G , Sheebah Leave a Mark On Roast and Rhyme
[Nile Post] “I came to have fun.” These were among the first words uttered by Mun G soon after he got on stage at Swangz
South Africa: Teboho Mahlatsi’s Death a Loss to South African Television
[allAfrica] The South African arts and entertainment industry has been struck by another loss – filmmaker and producer Teboho Mahlatsi.
Algeria: The Hirak Is Dead, Truth Is the Enemy, the People Are the Traitors
[African Arguments] In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers and artists that used to gather at a literary café in Aokas.
Zimbabwe: Winky D, Nutty O Add Midas Touch Bob Marley Classic – Feature On Posthumous Album
[New Zimbabwe] Jamaica is smiling on Zimdancehall kingpin Winky D as he is set to breathe life into one of iconic songs by Robert Marley, ‘So much trouble in the world’, barely two months after scooping the best African Dancehall entertainer in the Car…