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Wisdom Ihekwuaba
The Sound Behind the Moment: How Wisdom Ihekwuaba and Azuka Olie Shaped Ossy Brown’s London Performance

At Johnny’s Room Live, Wisdom Ihekwuaba and Azuka Olie demonstrated how thoughtful musical direction can…

Encounters
Encounters Returns For 28th Edition, Brandishes African and International Documentary Titles

Encounters South African International Documentary Festival has unveiled the programme for its 28th edition, set…

Noisy Streetss
Noisy Streetss Launches Literary Advisory Arm to Support African Authors and Independent Publishers

The announcement of the advisory arm marks a significant expansion of the company’s mandate beyond…

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
Cannes Film Festival 2026: Arie and Chuko Esiri’s “Clarissa” Struggles to Conjure Nigerian Spirit in Reimagination of Virginia Woolf Classic

Clarissa is a bold, curious exploration of class and colonialism, which, in a sense, works…

Congo Boy
“Congo Boy” Wins Un Certain Regard Best Actor Award, “Ben’Imana” Scoops Caméra d’Or and FIPRESCI Prizes

Congo Boy, directed by Rafiki Fariala, and Ben’Imana, directed by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, both from Un…

African Political Fiction
Notable African Political Fiction of the Last Decade (Part II)

Some of these books tackle politics head-on; in others, its marginal effects play in the…

In Our Own Ways
Sisterhood and a Fractured Marriage: A Review of Yejide Kilanko’s “In Our Own Ways”

Although In Our Own Ways is ostensibly about class and a fractured marriage, the enduring…

Bride of the Year
“Bride of the Year” Review: This South African Romcom Doesn’t Take Itself Seriously

Bride of the Year knows what it is, is comfortable being what it is, and…

Roll Call at the Crumbling Girl’s High School
“Roll Call at the Crumbling Girl’s High School” and Other Poems | By Tushar Sen

Roll Call at the Crumbling Girl’s High School Roll No. 1 is expected to outmature…

Jamir Nazir
[Opinion] Jamir Nazir’s Commonwealth-Winning Story “The Serpent in the Grove”: A Beautifully Told Story or an AI Mash-Up Job?

Can we say that between the prize and the story and Jamir Nazir, there is…