Africa: Africa’s Linguistic Diversity Goes Largely Unnoticed in Research On Multilingualism
[The Conversation Africa] Language is a uniquely human skill. That’s why studying how people learn and use language is crucial to understanding what it means to be human. Given that most people in the world – an estimated 60% – are multilingual, meanin…
Nigeria: I Believe Tinubu’ll Wipe Tears of Nigerians – Yul Edochie
[Vanguard] Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu will wipe the tears of Nigerians amid the economic challenges confronting the nation.
Uganda: Afri Art and Fashion Show to Highlight Food Tourism
[Nile Post] Organisers have announced that this year’s Afri art and fashion show will see food tourism among the issues to be highlighted.
Cameroon: The Fascinating Cameroonian Art of Spider Divination Is On Display At London Exhibition
[The Conversation Africa] Tomás Saraceno In Collaboration: Web(s) of Life, which opened at London’s Serpentine South Gallery in June, explores how humans relate to spiders. It features installations of spider webs displayed and lit to be viewed as…
Zimbabwe: Gospel Musician Diva Mafunga Dies
[New Zimbabwe] Gospel singer David ‘Diva’ Mafunga has died.
Mozambique: Paulina Chiziane, Mozambique’s Grand Novelist, Finally Receives Her Prestigious Award
[The Conversation Africa] Paulina Chiziane, the first woman to publish a novel in Mozambique, has become the first African woman to receive the most important award for Portuguese literature, the Camões Prize. She’s also the first to break all the…
Africa: Belgium’s Africamuseum Has a Dark Colonial Past – It’s Making Slow Progress in Confronting This History
[The Conversation Africa] Racist displays and stories remain on display in several western European museums. They include grotesque objects depicting African people as “savage” and “wild”. Narratives of a “continent without history” and fantasies of Eu…
Algeria: In Algeria, the Death of a Literary Salon Is a Tragedy, the Silencing of Dissent, an Everyday Occurrence
[African Arguments] In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers, artists and activists that used to gather at a literary café in Aokas.
Uganda: Actors Challenged to Do More Than the Bare Minimum
[Nile Post] Ugandan actors have been urged to do more than the bare minimum if they are to rise to international level.
Uganda: Mun G , Sheebah Leave a Mark On Roast and Rhyme
[Nile Post] “I came to have fun.” These were among the first words uttered by Mun G soon after he got on stage at Swangz