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  • The songs of Bosmic Otim are played across northern Uganda, from buses to bars. Credit: Liam Taylor.
    CulturePoliticsUganda

    “Music exposes thieves”: Meet Bosmic Otim, ‘northern Uganda’s Bobi Wine’

    By John Okot & Liam Taylor
    April 9, 2019
    In the north, a different popular singer articulates the people’s widespread frustrations and recent memories of violence. Garbed in red designer jeans, shirt and ...
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  • Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi performing in 2018. Credit: Mário Pires.
    CultureEditor's PicksZimbabwe

    Rest in Power: Oliver Mtukudzi, music legend and pan-African trailblazer

    By Rumbidzai Dube
    January 25, 2019
    “Tuku” used his powerful poetic voice to change whole systems, forge global connections, and advocate for justice, freedom and the oppressed. Where does one ...
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  • 90% of Africa’s cultural heritage currently lies outside the continent, including the Benin Bronzes in the British Museum. Credit: Son of Groucho.
    CultureWest

    Dear The West, why do you find it so hard to say sorry?

    By Yarri Kamara
    January 17, 2019
    Forgiveness is central to many African cultures. As Europe debates whether to return looted African heritage, an initial apology would go a long way. ...
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  • Africa books of 2018.
    Culture

    Africa’s must-read books of 2018

    By Samira Sawlani
    December 13, 2018
    This year was full of spectacular fiction, spine-tingling poetry and hard-hitting non-fiction from Africa. Here is some of the best. Fiction Freshwater – by Akwaeke ...
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  • Some amazing African documentaries, picked with help from Film Africa.
    CultureEditor's Picks

    Amazing African documentaries you’re gonna wanna see

    By Sally Zohney, James Wan, Adam Matan, Oumar Ba & Ketty Nivyabandi
    October 23, 2018
    Over the last year or so, there have been several incredible documentaries made in Africa. With some help from Film Africa, we picked out ...
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  • Nigeria's new generation of queer writing. Günther Flaig.
    CultureNigeria

    Here, queer, and speaking up: LGBTQ Nigerians tell their stories

    By Munachim Amah
    August 22, 2018
    In one of the world’s most homophobic countries, a new generation of writers are writing queer people into existence. On Nigeria’s streets, on the ...
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  • Haacaaluu Hundeessa's music has given sound and voice to the Oromo struggle.
    CultureEthiopiaPolitics

    “We are here”: The soundtrack to the Oromo revolution gripping Ethiopia

    By Awol Allo
    March 30, 2018
    Far from being a footnote in the Oromo struggle, musicians like Haacaaluu Hundeessa have been its centre of gravity. With the appointment of Abiy ...
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  • Black Panther (left). Fela Kuti and the Kalakuta Queens (right).
    CultureNigeria

    Nigeria is sadly still closer to Fela’s anti-feminism than to Wakanda’s women

    By Wilfred Okiche
    March 8, 2018
    In Nigeria, Okoye would have been warned from childhood to soften her features so she can find a man to marry her. Marvel’s Black ...
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  • Culture

    This is Afrofuturism

    By Bolanle Austen Peters
    March 6, 2018
    Afrofuturism reimagines the past and envisions what can be. If fact follows fiction, the future will belong to Africa and our storytellers.   A decade ...
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  • Screenshot from Aytitehamel, by Eseyas Debesay and the Yohannes sisters.
    CultureEritrea

    Whatever happened to Afwerki’s comely face? Eritrean music in an age of YouTube

    By Abraham T. Zere
    February 13, 2018
    Musicians in Eritrea used to have to sing the government’s praises to pass the censors. Now there are other ways to get heard. In ...
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