What’s Trending? #001

January 27, 2016

The first edition of What's Trending? delivers the news you need to know, on a weekly basis across African culture and lifestyle. Every Friday we’ll aim to keep...

Interview: Marion Wallace and Janet Topp Fargion, Curators, West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song

January 21, 2016

In this extended interview, Marion Wallace and Janet Topp Fargion, the curators behind the British Library’s major exhibition on West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song...

Fourteen Novels to look forward to in 2016

January 16, 2016

So a few days ago, the RAS held its first event of the year ‘Africa in 2016’ – yours truly was one of the panellists, waxing lyrical about expectations for this...

Ikhide: On Abubakar Adam Ibrahim – Of crimson blossoms and bloody taboos

December 16, 2015

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim: Of crimson blossoms and bloody taboos “When the flame tree is in bloom, she collects the blossoms in a glass and lights a candle.” ...

Our ten key culture moments from 2015

December 15, 2015

Beasts of No Nation on Netflix + Biyi Bandele’s film on Netflix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRsaclO0VbU 2015 was a good year for films about and from ...

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo – a review

December 14, 2015

Complaints of writers of African origin “performing Africa” (presumably producing  literature whose thematic concerns never stray far from the continent’s woes ...

Foreign Gods Inc – A Review by Sabo Kpade

December 14, 2015

The friction between white colonists and indigenous Africans has been covered extensively not least in the works of the old masters like Ngugi and, much more re...

Review: Petina Gappah’s Book of Memory – a novel that subtly and beautifully articulates Zimbabwe’s politics

November 18, 2015

The Book of Memory is a bittersweet novel. It tells the story of Memory, an albino woman on death row. The structure of this novel, and the unfolding of its eve...

The Top 10 of the British Library’s West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song

October 16, 2015

"Word, Symbol, Song - The British Library's first major exhibition of it's African collections opens today; with a focus on West Africa's vibrant literary herit...

What’s On Africa’s selection of the top 10 Africa Utopia Festival Events this September

September 7, 2015

This September sees The Southbank Centre host Africa Utopia for the third year running. This diverse festival brings together an amalgamation of varied expressi...