Culture
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Stay home and go to the museum
In Kenya and Uganda, innovators are showing how history can be preserved and shared in new formats for today’s audience. In Uganda and Kenya, ... -
Lockdown and listen: Classic African albums to discover, old and new
Read all our COVID-19 coverage What is a better way to spend your time during lockdown than discovering or revisiting some of the finest ... -
In Malawi, a ritual is under threat from Christian preachers. Why?
Gule Wamkulu is a treasured tradition that locals argue should be preserved. One sunny afternoon, Dzoole village in central Malawi is disturbed by three ... -
Stay home and stream: African film and TV to watch during lockdown
Read all our COVID-19 coverage As more nations go on lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19, movie theatres across the ... -
Could a #MeToo moment end one of Africa’s biggest arts festivals?
Maybe not. But there will be a shift. In late-August 2019, Ange Kayifa travelled to Accra to perform at the Chale Wote Street Arts ... -
Old Nollywood demonised traditional religions. New cinema says ‘No More’
Witches, gods, folklore take two. In Narrow Escape, a classic 1999 Nollywood film, the embattled protagonist Reverend Emmanuel is facing a formidable enemy: his ... -
Best of the 2010s: African films
In the past decade, Africa’s film industries have shown a plucky ability to play in the big leagues. The rise of streaming platforms has ... -
Best of the 2010s: Novels by African writers
The last ten years have seen writers from Africa take the literary world by storm with countless ground-breaking works that have made their way ... -
Funmi Iyanda has a bold new movie out. But don’t call it a comeback.
She never left. In 2004, when Bisi Alimi took the radical decision to come out on national television, he chose to do it on ... -
On Lionheart’s Oscar ban: Is Nigerian English a Foreign Language?
US universities treat Nigerian English as a foreign language. The Oscars say it is not foreign enough. As a linguist and former teacher of ...
