For former MP Amma Asante and psychiatrist Glenn Helberg the 1st Amsterdam Nelson Mandela Lecture was a hugely liberating experience.
04/07/2019
Family snapshots document an epic journey in the 1930s from a country occupied by the Nazi’s to South Africa.
04/07/2019
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12/06/2019
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05/06/2019
Troubled Waters
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The Amsterdam canals are once more a site of memory. The Black Heritage Tours and Afrovibes explore the history of colonialism and slavery.
05/06/2019
When Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina came out as a gay man he apologised to his late mother for never telling her the truth.
05/06/2019
This year’s edition of the Holland Festival has the signatures of two African associate artists.
30/05/2019
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14/05/2019
After protests Kenyans were finally able to watch this ground-breaking feature film about a lesbian love in their cinemas. But only for one week.
14/05/2019
South African photographer Nontsikelelo Veleko has given one of her images to ZAM as a gesture of appreciation for our work.
14/05/2019
Our President is often travelling to London to see a Nigerian doctor.
14/05/2019
An exhibition by more than 25 young artists, invited and commissioned by Zanele Muholi will open in Durban.
14/05/2019
For poor women, doing sex work to survive is the rule rather than the exception.
07/05/2019
07/05/2019
The Amsterdam-based South African artist Neo Matloga is nominated for the 2019 de Volkskrant Visual Art Award. ‘For me ZAM magazine was the first magazine reflecting people of colour. (…) It connects me to my people.’
18/04/2019
On 29 March 1988 five bullets ended the life of South African liberation movement activist Dulcie September.
09/04/2019
So much international praise and a range of awards for the début of British-Nigerian writer Lesley Nneka Arimah.
09/04/2019
The Ivorian novelist, playwright, poet and former Minister of Culture died on March 9, 2019, in Abidjan.
09/04/2019