Africa: Aftermath Festival Management Residency Programme, Pawstudios Africa Set for ‘Lagos Fringe 2024’
[Premium Times] Pawstudios Africa is a pioneering incubator hub that elevates African storytelling and creativity through diverse arts and culture programmes.
Africa: People Need to Play
[UCT] Professor Mark Solms of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Neuroscience Institute delivered a lecture about the importance of play to an auditorium of UCT alumni on 31 October. The session was convened by the Legacy Society, which encourages peo…
Africa: African Writers Celebrated With Prestigious French Literary Prizes
[RFI] French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud on Monday won France’s top literary prize, the Goncourt, for a novel set during Algeria’s civil war between the government and Islamists in the 1990s. His main rival was Burundi-born Gaël Faye, who was Mond…
Africa: African Publishing Is Being Revolutionised – Report Explores Trends in Six Countries
[The Conversation Africa] African book publishing is in a rare moment of transformation, according to a new report. It’s an industry that has historically survived at the mercy of multinational publishing houses and donor funding. These arrangements, s…
Africa: State Fragmentation and New State Imaginaries – Maritime Access in the Horn of Africa
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debat…
Africa: Global Stars Unite for Earthshot Prize in South Africa
[The Earthshot Prize] Some of the world’s most influential artists, athletes, musicians, and advocates will join The Earthshot Prize in Cape Town, South Africa this November to spotlight inspiring environmental solutions to repair and regenerate the pl…
Africa: Sci-Fi, Folklore, and Faith – Korede Azeez’s Unique Lens As a Nigerian Muslim Filmmaker
[African Arguments] Korede Azeez is one of the Nigeria’s most prolific breakout filmmakers. Her journey sheds light on the broader landscape of women in Nigeria’s expanding film industry.
Africa: Idris Elba to Build Film Studios in Africa, Says Move is ‘Going to Happen’
[allAfrica] Idris Elba has announced plans to relocate to Africa within the next decade, to fuel the growth of the continent’s booming film industry.
Africa: Some People Love to Scare Themselves in an Already Scary World – Here’s the Psychology of Why
[The Conversation Africa] Fall for me as a teenager meant football games, homecoming dresses – and haunted houses. My friends organized group trips to the local fairground, where barn sheds were turned into halls of horror, and masked men nipped at our…
Africa: If Your Child Is Watching TV and Playing Online Games, You Should Do It With Them – Here’s Why
[The Conversation Africa] Young children spend a lot of time using screens: watching television, playing on touchscreen apps, or Facetiming with grandparents. In fact, research on global screen time guidelines has found that around 75% of children aged…