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  • African films of 2022
    CultureTop story

    The best African films of 2022

    By Wilfred Okiche
    December 15, 2022
    In an uncertain year for the industry, African cinema continued to thrive as filmmakers found industrious ways to create despite myriad roadblocks. Many of ...
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  • Best African books of 2022.
    CultureTop story

    The best African books of 2022

    By Samira Sawlani
    December 14, 2022
    From the thought provoking and evocative to the laughter inducing, here are our best African books of 2022 (in no particular order).  Things They ...
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  • Best African albums of 2022.
    CultureTop story

    The best African albums of 2022

    By Wilfred Okiche
    December 13, 2022
    2022 was the year African musicians levelled up big time. Every other month arrived with reports of international record deals, significant chart achievements, or ...
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  • East African Photography Awards
    CultureEastSocietyTop story

    Of sunken states and ballet nights: Prize-winning photos from E Africa

    By Uganda Press Photo
    October 27, 2022
    The East African Photography Awards – as well as the Uganda Press Photo and Young Photographer Awards – return in 2022 with stunning and ...
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  • Best African films. A shot from Nanny.
    CultureTop story

    From hot tailors to haunted homes: Six of the best African films of 2022

    By Wilfred Okiche
    October 19, 2022
    At the heart of many of the best African films out there currently is the idea of return. Return to something, someone, or somewhere. ...
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  • Restitution. African art on display at the British Museum. Credit: Paul Hudson.
    Culture

    How the language of “restitution” disguises imperial violence

    By Fazil Moradi
    October 14, 2022
    Colonialists did not just “take” African artefacts that should be returned, but destroyed knowledge and life forms in the process.  The violence of the ...
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  • A shot from a previous edition of the Nyege Nyege festival in Uganda. Credit: NYEGE NYEGE.
    CultureUganda

    Nyege Nyege, Uganda’s controversial but irresistible festival, is back on

    By Amos Ochieng
    September 15, 2022
    Why does the popular music festival keep getting banned and then un-banned? First staged in 2015, the globally touted Nyege Nyege Festival in Uganda ...
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  • super league At the draw for the Africa Champion's League in 2015. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    Culture

    What to expect from the Africa Super League

    By Chuka Onwumechili
    August 18, 2022
    What are the pros and cons of the new proposed competition? The Confederation for African Football (CAF) recently announced plans for a continent-wide Africa ...
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  • Fans at the ChillSpot tenth anniversary celebration. Credit: Kennedy Nyavaya.
    CultureEditor's PicksPoliticsZimbabwe

    “Zimdancehall is dead”: Critics say ghetto sound was sold for a song

    By Kennedy Nyavaya
    July 21, 2022
    Zimdancehall was once known for its revolutionary lyrics. Now its singers are hyping up businessmen in songs and performing at Zanu-PF rallies. What started ...
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  • Eritreans Biniam Girmay wins the Gent-Wevelgem men's elite race in March 2022, becoming the race's first African winner.
    CultureEditor's PicksEritreaSociety

    Why are there no Black riders in the Tour de France?

    By Georgia Cole & Temesgen Futsumbrhan Gebrehiwet
    July 13, 2022
    The answer is not a lack of talent, as Eritrea’s long history of producing worldclass cyclists attests. On the 17 May, Eritrea made headlines ...
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