In March 2014, Gateway for Africa interviewed Sudanese chanteuse Amira Kheir, about her latest album Alsahraa, her musical inspirations, methods, feminism and w...
Cape Verdean singer Mayra Andrade releases her much anticipated fourth album this month. Lovely Difficult is the artist’s most international album to date.
It'...
Social Activist and filmmaker Toyin Agbetu’s latest project Beauty Is, is an interesting look at the concept of beauty from a Pan-African Perspective. The docum...
Nobel laureate for literature, Wole Soyinka, was recently in London for the launch of a book celebrating his life and work at 80. Gateway for Africa editor, Del...
In June, Gateway for Africa invited six of South Africa's new generation of playwrights, for a discussion about South African theatre today, and how much has ch...
People of the City: Biyi Adepegba, founder of the London African Music Festival
How did you get here?
I worked with a wide range of people as a university...
How did you get here?
Through following my nose and being genuinely curious about things. I’ve always been interested in finding out why the human race has c...
Part II: Salt and Pepper: The Rise of the Mixed-Race African Songstress
Music is in many ways an exploration of who we are. In recent times, more and more si...
Salt and Pepper: The Rise of the Mixed-Race African Songstress
Part III
Music is in many ways an exploration of who we are. In recent times, more and more sin...
How did you get here?
It would be a lot of fun if I had an enthralling story to tell, involving long-eared beings, secret rituals and coded verse. But I do...