Africa: Ron’s 2024 Nuits d’Afrique Rundown!
[Afropop] Afropop’s Ron Deutsch attended the entire run of this year’s Nuits D’Afrique Festival in Montreal. His report on the Montreal Jazz Festival was a tour de force! Here’s his rundown on our favorite North American African music festival.
Africa: Telling Africa’s Story Through Drone Photography
[Africa Renewal] A young photographer uses drones to capture and showcase Africa’s beauty and diversity, challenging stereotypes and fostering cultural understanding
Africa: Cultural Treasures in Africa and French Polynesia Join Unesco Heritage List
[RFI] The World Heritage Committee has this month inscribed 26 new cultural and natural properties to Unesco’s World Heritage List, including five in Africa and one in French Polynesia.
Africa: How Afrobeats Is Sampling Nostalgia for the Gen Zs
[African Arguments] With the industry awash with money, global notoriety, bold Afrobeats producers are buying early Afrobeats records, channelling them to an audience seeking its slice of the musical memory pie.
Africa: Trigmatic Shines At the Hague African Festival
[Accra Times] The Hague African Festival made a triumphant return this year, celebrating African culture and creativity at the renowned Zuiderpark theater.
Africa: German Colonialism in Africa Has a Chilling History – New Book Explores How It Lives On
[The Conversation Africa] Germany was a significant – and often brutal – colonial power in Africa. But this colonial history is not told as often as that of other imperialist nations. A new book called The Long Shadow of German Colonialism: Amnesia, De…
Africa: Burna Boy, Baci Top 15 Creatives Dominating TikTok’s Inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List
[Vanguard] A short-form video, TikTok, has announced four Nigerians including the Nigerian Grammy Award-winning artist, Burna Boy, Chef Hilda Effiong Bassey also known as Hilda Baci among the 15 creative forces in its inaugural Visionary Voices List fo…
Africa: The Manor – a Home for Africa’s Greatest Stories
[Africa Renewal] Celebrating authentic African narratives through visual artistry and digital innovation, empowering diverse voices across the continent
Africa: Pandemic Effects Linger, and Art Invites Us to Pause and Behold Distance, Time and Trauma
[The Conversation Africa] When I finished the manuscript for my book The Pause, which looked at the COVID-19 pandemic through the idea of “pausing,” a notion frequently invoked in pandemic discussions of suspended and cancelled activities, I was happy …
Africa: The Long Shadow of German Colonialism
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debat…