Nigeria: Chibok Girls’ Story Comes Alive in New Film, ‘Statues Also Breathe’
[Premium Times] This film’s release coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Chibok Girls’ abduction in Borno State.
Africa: The Future of IGAD Amidst Turmoil in the Horn
[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…
Kenya: Ukraine and Kenya Embrace Art to Confront Legacies of War and Colonialism
[Capital FM] Culture and art hold a significant place in both Ukrainian and Kenyan societies, serving as powerful tools for expressing identity and rejecting the legacies of war and colonialism.
Africa: Women in South Africa’s Armed Struggle – New Book Records History At First Hand
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa’s young democracy was a culmination of years of sweat, blood and revolution against the apartheid regime. In the early 1960s, after decades of “non-violence” as a policy of resistance, the African National Congres…
Ethiopia: Rocks in a Hard Place – Lalibela Priests Raise Fears Amid War and Weather
[African Arguments] Cracks are widening along Ethiopia’s ancient rock-hewn churches. Fighting has come perilously close, but rain is the bigger threat.
Sudan: Drama Workshops by Displaced Provide Psychological Support in Blue Nile
[Dabanga] Ed Damazin — The Dramatists Initiative in the Blue Nile region is providing psychological support to displaced people who fled Khartoum, El Gezira, and other states in Sudan after the war broke out between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Ra…
Africa: The Afro-Semitic Experience – ‘Unity in the Community’
[Afropop] The Afro-Semitic Experience is a six-piece ensemble of Jewish and African-American musicians dating back to the late 1990s, when Hartford-based pianist and vocalist Warren Byrd and bassist David Chevan met at a jam session. A quarter-century …
Africa: Reclaiming the Past, Defining the Future
[allAfrica] Nairobi — This month, I visited the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa. It’s a stunning arena that was built ahead of FIFA World Cup 2010 and named after an anti-apartheid activist, trade unionist and politician who played a key…
Congo-Kinshasa: Henri Lopes, the Prime Minister of Congo Who Became a Famous Novelist
[The Conversation Africa] “On the other bank … that is where Henri Lopes now rests,” wrote novelist and journalist Nicolas Michel in a beautiful tribute to mark the passing of the celebrated Congolese author. It’s a reference, of course, to Lopes’ 19…
South Africa: Henry Bredekamp and the Khoisan – the Living Legacy of a Renowned South African Historian
[The Conversation Africa] When Professor Henry Charles “Jatti” Bredekamp began his career as a historian of early Cape Town in South Africa, there was still a commonly held myth that the region’s native people, the Khoisan, had “all but disappeared”. T…