In Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène's Ceddo (1977), a village king embraces Islam and, with the support of a cruel imam, tries to force all his subjects to c...
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 singers o...
Open City Documentary Festival presents:
Death of the Serpent God
DAMIEN FROIDEVAUX / 2014 / FRANCE / 90''
Following a fight that ends badly, twenty-y...
Organised by Dr Lucy Duran and Dr Toby Green, this two day conference will bring together various academics, historians, artists, and musicians in order to anal...
Surely there can be nothing better in the whole wide world than to watch a jazz concert at sunset in a deck chair with a drink and view over London? Back by pop...
An interdisciplinary event featuring two award-winning documentaries directed or co-produced by SOAS scholars, aiming at exploring the unique reflections and pr...