The significance of Binyavanga Wainaina, the Kenyan writer who died a year ago on May 21, 2019, cannot be underestimated.
25/05/2020
"Tala ngai is an expression from Lingala, one of the four national languages of the Democratic Republic of Congo which means "Look at me or visit me."
25/05/2020
"On their way from South Sudan to Uganda, refugees walked for days or weeks carrying embroidered sheets, decorated with swirls of flowers, trees, and animals."
22/05/2020
"This is the story of two friends who shared the same dream: reaching Europe, where they hope to live a better life and sustain their family."
19/05/2020
"This project is a reflection on personal identity for Moroccan youth based on a selection of portraits of young people who take their destinies into their own hands."
18/05/2020
"It is important for me to keep a deep relationship with my home country."
15/05/2020
"My photographs are a concise summary of cinematic images often narrating tales of solitude and bewilderment."
13/05/2020
"Voortrekker is a road that starts from the middle of Cape Town, in a neighborhood called Salt River—a stretching snake that arrives on the outskirts of the city."
12/05/2020
"Conny Braam heeft een vaardige pen, spannend en gedoceerd, maar als het moet met de kracht van een breekijzer."—Adriaan van Dis
11/05/2020
Lately, I’ve been thinking about filmmaker Trinh Minh-Ha’s phrase “speaking nearby” as a way to describe the visual approach of the Tatsuniya series.
11/05/2020
The Passengers project seeks to put a face to those who have seen the need to migrate outside the system, analyzing the impact that this movement has on their identity.
07/05/2020
Notes on Corona | Stardust
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"I think my neighbors are dead. I peer into their windows but all I can see is darkness."
06/05/2020
Nigeria had been waiting for it, expecting it, anticipating it. But no one knew exactly as it came in.
06/05/2020
When Tears Don’t Matter unfolds as I begin a journey of healing that would take me across ten thousand kilometres of sand and bushveld ...
06/05/2020
The documentary Stop Filming Us won the Dutch Movies Matter Award and received received favourable reviews [by the Dutch press]. Unbelievable, according to postcolonial media scholar Emiel Martens. ‘Postema throws the discussion about the Western view of Congo at least ten years back in time.’
04/05/2020
'The government must put itself into the shoes of its citizens and residents', say ex SA Revenue Service employees.
04/05/2020
In its 45 years as a sovereign state, Angola has gone from colonization to 32 years of civil war and the rise and fall of an oil-tied economy.
04/05/2020
Friday afternoons in Oran are usually for recreation for those who can afford it but since February 22, 2019, something was added to this routine.
01/05/2020
The government-run Giza Zoo in the heart of Egypt's chaotic, polluted capital survives and witnesses all the changes and tensions in the country since 2011.
30/04/2020
Yemeni-Bosnian artist Alia Ali explores cultures at geographic crossroads.
29/04/2020