It was the good old days, and I was a small boy smothered by the smorgasbord of sensations symbolic of the age of wonder.
22/01/2019
What would a borderless world look like? It sounds like utopia but in his essay, South Africa-based Cameroonian thinker Achille Mbeme makes the realities of borders, restrictions and the right to move denied to most people in the world look far more surreal than the alternative.
22/01/2019
‘We shall not be silenced’
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We are shocked by the assassination of our Ghanaian colleague and investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale.
22/01/2019
On Monday 17 December, 2018, our colleague Estacio Valoi and his team were arrested by the Mozambican army.
20/12/2018
A Woman's Worth: in 5 Words.
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What does #MeToo mean for women in non-Western cultures?
18/12/2018
The keynote speaker at the upcoming Amsterdam Nelson Mandela Lecture has just published her first short story in the Johannesburg Review of Books.
06/12/2018
'I cannot fight against Apartheid without claiming the right for LGBTI people to be free.' - Simon Tseko Nkoli
06/12/2018
Meet Adam Belarouchia, current resident at the Thami Mnyele Studio in Amsterdam. This young artist from Morocco has received awards since his studies at the Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan.
06/12/2018
Under Apartheid, categories such as ‘Coloured’ and ‘Indian’ were used as tools of anti-blackness.
06/12/2018
With marches and rallies, sports boycotts and sanctions many Australians once participated in the international solidarity movement against Apartheid. An exhibition in Cape Town showcases a history more relevant than ever.
22/11/2018
Stuart Tibaweswa, winner of the 2017 Young Photography Award (YPA), and Anna Kućma, director of the Uganda Press Photo Award, talk about the contest, a free gazette, fake news, and a yearlong coverage of the country’s prime TV network.
22/11/2018
Africa in science fiction at the Aké Arts and Book Festival in Lagos (Nigeria)
22/11/2018
The End | Lucia Raadschelders (1954 – 2018)
22/11/2018
The winner of the 2018 Principal Prince Claus Award transfers hairdressers, immigrants and ‘bornfrees’ from Johannesburg to Lagos Photo.
08/11/2018
We’re thrilled to announce that the Board of our foundation has secured the vital, energetic and committed input of four new members.
08/11/2018
The walls of kleptocracy are cracking under the force of stories and revelations. With a new pan-African alliance the changemakers’ movement enters a new stage.
08/11/2018
At 80, the late Nigerian musician must be celebrated for his revolutionary message of empowerment.
23/10/2018
Alex Esagala, Brian Otono and Jibril Kwizera are the recipients of this year’s Uganda Press Photo Award (UPPA).
23/10/2018
Fatuma (Tanzania, 1918, 80 min.) is one of the great filmproductions at the annual iAfrica Film festival.
02/10/2018
Kenya | Court unbans Rafiki
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The Kenyan High Court Rafiki, a film with a lesbian love theme, issued a temporary injunction for the banned film for a week.
02/10/2018