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2026 Caine Prize Shortlist
Variations on the Subject of Family: A Review of the 2026 Caine Prize Shortlist

In terms of quality, it might be one of the Caine Prize’s stronger shortlists in…

Salt in the Snow
“Salt in the Snow” Review: Displacements and Shifting Identities Come Together in Sahra Noor’s Debut Memoir

Salt in the Snow examines, amongst other things, the concept of shifting identities: the ways…

Somalia National Pavilion
Somalia National Pavilion to Spotlight Contemporary Somali Cinema During Venice Biennale

The Somalia National Pavilion will spotlight contemporary Somali filmmaking with a three-day film programme at…

Kaelo Iyizoba
TIFF 2026: In Conversation With Kaelo Iyizoba, Director Of “The Spectacular Death of Prisca”

“I hope that more film festivals start to see the fullness of the African experience.…

football
What a Cancelled Lagos Derby Reveals About Nigeria’s Football Reform

Nigeria treats football as identity, as emotion, as a source of national pride and national…

Son of Elvis
“Son of Elvis” Review: Marcus Harvey Bares His Heart Across New Album

Son of Elvis is a powerful introduction to an artiste with a remarkably broad and…

sexual abuse
Ask Your Brothers. Ask Them Their Stories, the Stories of Other Boys. Ask.

The misconception that men cannot be sexually abused, assaulted, or molested by women is entrenched…

La Maison du Vent
Venice 2026: “La Maison du Vent (House of the Wind)” Studies the Tragic Cost of Migration and the Loneliness of Old Age

In La Maison du Vent, Cameroonian writer-director Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu captures both the tragic…

Alahun: The Weaver
“Alahun: The Weaver” Review: Dare Olaitan’s Yoruba Epic Has the Right Philosophy and a Screenplay That Takes Too Long to Find It

There is a genuinely compelling film inside Alahun: The Weaver. It is about the violence…

STARLIFE
“STARLIFE” Review: Victony Refines His Sonic Toolbox on New Album

STARLIFE is a compelling demonstration of an artiste learning how to curate his own established…