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Fenestration
Carrying These Poems Far Into the Middle and Beyond: A Review of Othuke Umukoro’s “Fenestration”

By and large, we find in Umukoro’s Fenestration, poems that are alive, awake and aware;…

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…

Afrocritik’s Top 25 Sport Personalities of 2025
Afrocritik’s Top 25 Sports Personalities of 2025

A few performed so exceptionally that their entire careers had to be recalibrated, as 2025…

Afrocritik’s 30 Remarkable African Feature Films of 2025
Afrocritik’s 30 Remarkable African Feature Films of 2025

This year, African filmmakers tested the boundaries of filmmaking, deepened the aesthetic and thematic language…

Mothers of Chibok
“Mothers of Chibok” Review: Joel ‘Kachi Benson Explores The Long Wait After Chibok

Mothers of Chibok is a revelation that filmmakers at their best might not fix history,…

Fujifilm Short Film Festival
Fujifilm Short Film Festival Awards Over $15,000 to Emerging Filmmakers Across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia

With its strong debut, the Fujifilm Short Film Festival positions itself as a long-term platform…

Fela
Fela Anikulapo Kuti to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2026 Grammy Awards

Fela joins an extraordinary roster of past honorees that includes The Beatles, Johnny Cash, John…

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 Ants
ADIFF 2025: Yassine Fennane’s “The Ants” Undertakes a Study in Dignity and Survival Across Class

In The Ants, Yassine Fennane interweaves the stories of three vulnerable people across social classes…

Olamide
Rema, Davido, Asake, and Olamide Headline Flytime’s December Lineup with Rhythm Unplugged and Flytime Fest

Leading the charge in Nigeria’s entertainment industry for over two decades, Flytime has confirmed a…