Les Saignantes, as a social comment, is music to the ears of doomsayers and a requiem to those with high hopes for the future…
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by Makinde Ayodeji (Writer) and Victor Ikenna Orji (Illustrator) Victor Ikenna Orji is a painter, graphic artist, illustrator and cartoonist and is as well the CEO of Artvantage Studios which focuses on harnessing and producing the best talents in the arts and animation. Makinde Ayodeji started Divine International in 2011. It is an organization which
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Catherine Gilbert Matière grise (Grey Matter), 2011. Directed by Kivu Ruhorahoza. 110 min. Kinyarwanda and French with English subtitles. Originally published on Africa in Words 2014 marks the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda in which as many as one million people were systematically slaughtered in a period of just one hundred days.
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With six months to go before the forthcoming 16th edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), the festival’s organisers have exclusively revealed the theme for this year’s fete to NewsDay. The 2015 country’s premier arts showcase will run from April 28 to May 3 under the theme Articulate. In an exclusive
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Serubiri Moses Desperate to Fight Photo Credit: Bwette Photography Serubiri Moses attended the inaugural Kampala International Theatre Festival and reviews plays by Sitawa Namwalie (Kenya) and Meaza Worku (Ethiopia), reflecting on explorations of private desire in the public domain, the institution of marriage and urban surveillance in Nairobi. Black Maria on Koinange Street (2010)
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Experimental visual artist Tito Valery takes us on a journey to memory lane with a selection of his photography in a retrospective expo which highlights previous exhibitions such as “Black and White are Colors too”, “Un monde sans couleurs” and “Poe-traits”. Tito has two other forthcoming exhibitions: “Poortraits” in January at the IFC (Institut Français
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On the 1st October the international Wiki Loves Africa (wikilovesafrica.org) photographic contest launched across Africa (and beyond). Since its launch, there have been 2,655 photographic entries and many food-related events have been held in Uganda, Egypt, Cote d’Ivoire, Malawi, Ethiopia, Tunisia and South Africa, with more events, presentations, upload marathons, cook-offs and food
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Serubiri Moses ‘Fatou’ is the short form for Fatoumata or Fatouma where I come from. Her name alone has a long history within Islamic cultures: a city was named Fatimah in Portugal during the Moorish period; Fatimah is the name of the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad, whose husband, Ali, did not marry again until
Magazine Description As an online and off-line magazine, Bakwa engages in cultural criticism, focusing on issues like art, photography, music, business, literature, cinema, spoken word, fashion and exhibitions, and has a penchant for long-form creative nonfiction/reportage, cartoons and photography. While standing out as Cameroon’s preeminent cultural and literary magazine, Bakwa’s reach extends far beyond its
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The excerpt below, from Awes A. Osman’s novel Skinless Goat in Somalia, is part of #100daysofafricanreads (curated by @SisterKilljoy). The book was inspired by Awes Osman’s student days in India and centres on the story of an Indian girl and a Somali boy; the repercussions of their romance and the Somali and Indian mindset vis-à-vis
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