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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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  • Culture

    Women on top: 5 must-see African films with strong female leads

    By Mutsa Marau
    October 26, 2017
    Women have been at the heart of some of the most powerful new films from Africa. Here are some you won’t want to miss. ...
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  • Sauti Sol with Burundi's Vice-President Gaston Sindimwo. Credit: Sauti Sol.
    BurundiCultureSociety

    An open letter to Sauti Sol, as you perform in my beloved Burundi

    By Ketty Nivyabandi
    September 22, 2017
    I want to believe you don’t know about the crimes against humanity committed by the authorities with whom you dine. But I find it ...
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  • CultureWest

    Monochrome Lagos, and other West African Creatives to Watch

    By Nana Ocran
    April 27, 2017
    A few years back, it was said that Africa’s creative economy was like a sleeping giant. That may have been, but the giant’s awake ...
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  • CultureNorth

    Poetry Soup, and other North African Creatives to Watch

    By Nana Ocran
    April 26, 2017
    A few years back, it was said that Africa’s creative economy was like a sleeping giant. That may have been, but the giant’s awake ...
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  • CultureSouthern

    The Colonial Bastard Rhodes Typeface, and other Southern African Creatives to Watch

    By Nana Ocran
    April 25, 2017
    A few years back, it was said that Africa’s creative economy was like a sleeping giant. That may have been, but the giant’s awake ...
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  • CultureEast

    The League of Extravagant Grannies, and other East African Creatives to Watch

    By Nana Ocran
    April 24, 2017
    A few years back, it was said that Africa’s creative economy was like a sleeping giant. That may have been, but the giant’s now ...
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