The investigation into development aid by our partners in the African Investigative Publishing Collective, 'How aid helps the richt get richer' , is doing the rounds. Publications by Belgian Knack and its counterpart Le Vif l’Express saw the story extended from English-only to the Dutch/Flemish and French language groups. A publication in Spanish Revista Luzes is expected in September. Meanwhile, the story (and/or story chapters) has/have also been published in Nigeria , Uganda , South Africa , and...
The investigation into development aid by our partners in the African Investigative Publishing Collective, 'How aid helps the richt get richer' , is...
The high ambitions of the International Criminal Court and the harsh reality Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was the first person tried for command responsibility by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The military commander of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) was sentenced to 18 years in prison for crimes against humanity, sexual violence being one of them. In this fragment of All Rise! , Tjitske Lingsma's new book, witness P-87 testifies anonymously about her brutal...
The high ambitions of the International Criminal Court and the harsh reality Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo was the first person tried for command...
Tjitske Lingsma on her book All Rise! What are the biggest challenges facing the ICC? The task of the court is to prosecute individual perpetrators of international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes). The ICC has been struggling with problems such as government obstruction, witnesses being threatened and bribed, its own investigative failures and the balance in prosecutions. The court faces an increasing problem with its image. Some African countries want to leave the ICC....
Tjitske Lingsma on her book All Rise! What are the biggest challenges facing the ICC? The task of the court is to prosecute individual perpetrators of...
Blaming only multinationals for the plunder of Africa’s mineral and other natural resources? Seeing all Africans, including their elites, as victims of ‘Western’ (or Chinese) exploitation? You won’t anymore after reading the chilling transnational investigation about to be released by our partners in the African Investigative Publishing Collective in partnership with Africa Uncensored . A team of investigative journalists in seven African countries, ranging from the former socialist like...
Blaming only multinationals for the plunder of Africa’s mineral and other natural resources? Seeing all Africans, including their elites, as victims of...
40 years ago, on the 12th of September 1977, Steve 'Bantu' Biko was murdered by the Apartheid regime in South Africa. A principled freedom fighter who lived to uplift his people and guide them through the dark days of oppression, Biko's teachings inspired generations of South Africans in their campaigns for democracy and self-determination. Many songs, books, a film and poetry are dedicated to Biko and his ideas. Let’s remember him today.
40 years ago, on the 12th of September 1977, Steve 'Bantu' Biko was murdered by the Apartheid regime in South Africa. A principled freedom fighter who...
At its second edition, iAfrica is offering you an exhilarating programme with feature films, animation, documentaries, live music, masterclass, photo exhibition and much more. It all happens in The Hague with the Korzo Theatre as the central venue. The organisers of the festival offer two tickets to ZAM newsletter's readers, giving you free access to all films. Interested? Send a mail to info@zammagazine.com before September 27th, 2017 and put 'iAfrica' in the subject line. Kalushi, a film by...
At its second edition, iAfrica is offering you an exhilarating programme with feature films, animation, documentaries, live music, masterclass, photo...
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No vintage anymore, UNSEEN shows exclusively photographic work that was made over the last three years. Each year brings new galleries, photographers and conversations. For Red Hook Labs from New York, it's their second UNSEEN. This year they feature works by Kadara Enyeasi, Nadine Ijewere, and Kyle Weeks. All three are photographers to watch. Although, Kadara Enyeasi is not present at UNSEEN, he is willing to answer a few questions over the email to ZAM. Enyeasi earned a degree in architecture...
No vintage anymore, UNSEEN shows exclusively photographic work that was made over the last three years. Each year brings new galleries, photographers and...
'The Suit' is shown at the iAfrica filmfestival in the Hague on the 8th of October at 14.15. The iAfrica filmfestival takes place between the 6th and the 8th of October. It covers a wide variety of beautiful movies. Be sure to check out their website: film.iafricafestival.com/ Your film the Suit is based on a short story of the same name written by Can Themba in 1963. Who was Can Themba and why did you pick this story for your movie? Daniel Canodoce “Can” Themba was a South African journalist who...
'The Suit' is shown at the iAfrica filmfestival in the Hague on the 8th of October at 14.15. The iAfrica filmfestival takes place between the 6th and the...
Evelyn Groenink's series on present-day South Africa, published by ZAM earlier this year, has been brought together with visual artist Judith Westerveld's collage Echolocations , a quest to trace the hedge of bitter almonds once planted by the Dutch colonists in the Cape. The Special Issue will be released on 10 October.
Evelyn Groenink's series on present-day South Africa, published by ZAM earlier this year, has been brought together with visual artist Judith...
In 2011, ZAM published photographic works of Swaziland artist Nandipha Mntambo. Her work is now exhibited in the recently opened Zeitz MOCAA Museum in Cape Town. Located at the cities' Waterfront, the museum also presents the works of quite a few other artists familiar to the ZAM readership: Zanele Muholi, Nicholas Hlobo, Kudzanai Chiurai, Hasan & Husain Essop, Athi-Patra Ruga, El Anatsui, Chéri Samba and Mary Sibande. Get an impression of what Zeitz MOCAA has to offer . Revisit Nandipha Mntambo's...
In 2011, ZAM published photographic works of Swaziland artist Nandipha Mntambo. Her work is now exhibited in the recently opened Zeitz MOCAA Museum in...
Whites on screens often present a distorted reality. On the major media networks the roles of Whites when it comes to Africa is pretty easily summed up. Experts and helpers. Journalists usually don themselves, à la the inexplicably Pulitzer Prize-crowned Jeffrey Gettleman, in the garb of The Expert of the land where they were parachuted, three days or three years ago. The (mercifully former) NYT Nairobi bureau chief has gone on to write his memoirs (of course), with “Africa” as a backdrop for his...
Whites on screens often present a distorted reality. On the major media networks the roles of Whites when it comes to Africa is pretty easily summed up....
On Friday the 20th of October, the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra will premiere their latest piece Leo Africanus in Podium Mozaïek in Amsterdam. With a musical narrative, the orchestra brings an ode to the special life of a world traveler and great thinker. In 1492, Hassan El Wazzan, alias Leo Africanus, fled from Granada and decided to never derive his identity from a country, a particular culture or religion. During his trip to Europe, he was captured and imprisoned in Rome. He was kept in jail...
On Friday the 20th of October, the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra will premiere their latest piece Leo Africanus in Podium Mozaïek in Amsterdam. With a...
South Africa today. A ZAM special More than two decades after South Africa’s transition to democracy the country is in disarray. The ideals of a revolution – non-racialism, non-sexism, non-tribalism and a constitutional democracy – are being betrayed by an elitist faction under the leadership of president Jacob Zuma. New divisions are being sown to divert attention from greed, abuse of power and intimidation. It’s ‘us’ against the West, says Zuma. But South Africans are an activist lot. Protest is...
South Africa today. A ZAM special More than two decades after South Africa’s transition to democracy the country is in disarray. The ideals of a...
Witnessing Le Zoulou Blanc's farewell tour Our interview request was turned down by management because of Le Zoulou Blanc' s, alias Johnny Clegg's, health. "He suffers from a throat disease. He must save his voice for the show. Sorry." During the show we understand why giving interviews would just be a tad too much: Johnny Clegg talks a lot already during the two-and-a-half hours long gig -and fast, too, as if he wants to share a feeling with the audience that time is short. His voice does crack...
Witnessing Le Zoulou Blanc's farewell tour Our interview request was turned down by management because of Le Zoulou Blanc' s, alias Johnny Clegg's,...
We congratulate African Architects Matters on their new stunning website. For seven years this Amsterdam based organisation has been working and thinking hard on pressing challenges regarding African architect and urbanism. Check out the new website .
We congratulate African Architects Matters on their new stunning website. For seven years this Amsterdam based organisation has been working and thinking...
It is with great pleasure that we present the overall winner of the 2017 Uganda Press Photo Award and the Young Photographer Award: Timothy Latim and Stuart Tibaweswa. The winners were announced on October 26 at an awards ceremony held at The Square in Kampala, Uganda and the winners' exhibition was launched at the same occasion. The exhibition is now open to the public, free of charge, at The Square and runs until November 26. Jury member and photographer Neo Ntsoma summarized the quality of...
It is with great pleasure that we present the overall winner of the 2017 Uganda Press Photo Award and the Young Photographer Award: Timothy Latim and...
Couto’s book Confession of a lioness (A Confissão da Leoa), reads as a poetic puzzle. The storyline comes to us in fragments and unfolds very slowly and indirectly. Set in Kulumani, a small, isolated village in the north of Mozambique, it soon becomes clear that something is very wrong there, but what exactly? Mariamar, a young woman of 32, who is confined to her hut by her despotic father, represents the voice from within the village. At the same time she is very much in between worlds, as the...
Couto’s book Confession of a lioness (A Confissão da Leoa), reads as a poetic puzzle. The storyline comes to us in fragments and unfolds very slowly and...
In Algeria, a wealthy realtor, an ambitious neurologist haunted by memories of war and a young woman have to deal with the consequences of important choices made in the past. They are torn between ratio and emotion. The film Until the birds return (En attendant les hirondelles) gives a beautiful insight in the soul of contemporary Algerian society. This debut feature by director Karim Moussaoui was nominated for the Golden Camera and Un Certain Regard at Festival de Cannes 2017. In Dutch and French...
In Algeria, a wealthy realtor, an ambitious neurologist haunted by memories of war and a young woman have to deal with the consequences of important...
How Mandla Langa made Mandela 'sing through his own words' In Dare not linger , South African writer Mandla Langa, recalls Nelson Mandela's presidency based on the 70.000 words the ANC-leader left in the archives of his foundation. It took Langa less than a year to produce a vivid account of South Africa's transformation from dictatorship into democracy. 'Of course Mandela made mistakes, and he was the first to acknowledge these. But today the country's leadership projects its own failures on...
How Mandla Langa made Mandela 'sing through his own words' In Dare not linger , South African writer Mandla Langa, recalls Nelson Mandela's presidency...
This is an excerpt from Queer Africa 2: New Stories published by MaThoko Publishers, Johannesburg. The book presents 26 fiction and non-fictions stories by writers from seven African countries. 'Nine Pieces of Desires' is written by Idza L, a Kenyan writer who is interested in writing stories about women and the lives they live. The book will be presented to a Dutch audience on Monday, 20 November 2017 at 5 PM at the ZAM studio , Tussen de Bogen 66 in Amsterdam. Nine Pieces of Desire Author: Idza L...
This is an excerpt from Queer Africa 2: New Stories published by MaThoko Publishers, Johannesburg. The book presents 26 fiction and non-fictions stories...
