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BOOKS Kenya Top story Tribute

Henry Chakava (1946 – 2024): The publisher who pricked the people into consciousness

By Walter Bgoya
April 8, 2024

Chakava is best remembered for publishing some of the giants of East African literature – Okot p’Bitek, Mazrui, Meja Mwangi, Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye, and most ...

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Editor's Picks Music Tribute Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean legend, Thomas Mapfumo retires in exile

By Percy Zvomuya
July 14, 2023

After five decades on the stage, one of the continent’s great musical innovators, and an outspoken critic of corrupt politics, takes his last bow ...

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Cinema Culture Senegal Top story Tribute

Learning from Sembène: Telling the stories that matter

By Dika Ofoma
March 3, 2023

A hundred years after Sembène’s birth, a budding filmmaker describes his social awakening and discovery of the late Senegalese director. I grew up primarily ...

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Culture Editor's Picks Senegal Tribute

Safi Faye: Farewell to a pioneering filmmaker

By Estrella Sendra
February 24, 2023

Senegalese filmmaker was the first African woman to make a commercial feature film, Kaddu Beykat, in 1975. Last Thursday, as filmmakers, curators and cinephiles were ...

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