Africa: Grammy Awards – Africa Finally Has Its Own Category – but At What Cost?
[The Conversation Africa] For the first time in its 65-year history the Grammy Awards in the US has introduced an African category, Best African Music Performance, which recognises the song of the year.
Africa: Five Books About the Covid Pandemic to Look Out for in 2024
[The Conversation Africa] Vi-fi, short for virus fiction, describes contemporary fiction that features the devastating events of world-changing outbreaks and epidemics. Rooted in science fiction, vi-fi draws on bio-thrilling realism and parallel worlds…
Africa: Marvel’s Echo Is a One-of-a-Kind Superhero – and an Inspiration to the Deaf Community
[The Conversation Africa] Warning: this article contains spoilers for Echo season one.
Africa: Prime Video Cuts Funding in Africa, Middle East
[Premium Times] Stakeholders have described it as a sad development for the African film and television industry.
Africa: The Shame and Pleasure of Masturbation – Poor Things Gets Girls’ Early Sexual Feelings Right
[The Conversation Africa] This piece contains spoilers for Poor Things.
Africa: The Best African Books of 2023
[African Arguments] Once more, African writers from the continent and diaspora have provided us some literary gems. Our top novels of 2023, in no particular order.
Africa: Coca-Cola in Africa – A Story of High Politics and Marketing Gumption
[The Conversation Africa] A new book called Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African tells the story of how the world’s most famous carbonated drink conquered the continent. It’s a tale of marketing gumption and high politics and is the product of years o…
Africa: Black Panther, Wakanda Forever and the Problem With Hollywood – an African Perspective
[The Conversation Africa] Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever were global hits that played out in an imaginary African kingdom and feature a universe of black creative talent. What’s not to love about the franchise? Quite a lot, reckons cu…
Africa: An African History of Cannabis Offers Fascinating and Heartbreaking Insights – an Expert Explains
[The Conversation Africa] When I tell people that I research cannabis, I sometimes receive a furtive gesture that implies and presumes: “We’re both stoners!”, as if two members of a secret society have met.
Africa: Hollywood’s First Major Black Female Superhero – How Wakanda Forever Broke the Mould
[The Conversation Africa] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood’s script for superhero movies. English professor Diana Adesola Mafe was recently involved in an academic roundtable that offers a critical conversation about it and another film…