Search Results for: "Masculinity"

While She Slept
“While She Slept” Review: Kumashe Yaakugh’s Novella Explores Ghosts, Memory, and Masculinity

While She Slept destabilises easy binaries between tradition and modernity, reminding us that both can…

Review: Brymo Reflects On Masculinity And Romance In New Album “9: Esan”

By Emmanuel Daraloye   He is frequently described as “problematic”, but if there is anything…

Blaqbonez, Masculinity And The Psychology Behind “Sex Over Love”

By Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera   Shortly before he released the album Sex over Love, Blaqbonez put out…

Afrocritik’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026
Afrocritik’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026

Many of the books listed below will engage readers in the coming year; some will…

Afrocritik’s 20 Remarkable African Short Films of 2025
Afrocritik’s 20 Remarkable African Short Films of 2025

African filmmakers have continued to take advantage of the short film form, and the most…

Afrocritik’s 40 Notable African Essays of 2025
Afrocritik’s 40 Notable Essays from Africa in 2025

Within the contemporary cultural ferment in Africa, where art—in all its variegated forms—has taken centre…

TSWA Film Festival 2025
TSWA Film Festival 2025: “Girl-Boy”, “Say Something”, “Ziwa”, “Entre Nós e o Silêncio”, “Bureau De Change”, and “Fading Candle” Reviews

Across Nigeria, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Morocco, these films traced lives lived at the margins…

The Heart is a Muscle
“The Heart is a Muscle” Review: Imran Hamdulay’s Debut Feature Traces the Wounds We Inherit and the Ones We Try to Heal

The Heart is a Muscle is a film made with care—perhaps too much care in…

ENIFF short films
ENIFF 2025: “V’s Secret”, “The Noise Around Her Black”, “Falling Out”, “Ụmụnne”, and “She’s Got Courage to Love” Reviews

What united these films, across countries and sensibilities, was their insistence that the intimate is…

How to Get Rid of Ants
The Many Pleasures in Absurdity: A Review of Jesutomisin Ipinmoye’s “How to Get Rid of Ants”

How to Get Rid of Ants is the makings of a master of the form.…