Interview by John Wisniewski Born in 1954 in Lusaka, Zambia, and of British nationality, Michael Baird spent his first 10 years in Zambia, then went to England and has been residing in Holland since he was 13. He founded…
The Clairvoyant by Joyce Ashuntantang
“The Clairvoyant” by Joyce Ashuntantang is part of #100DaysofAfricanReads (curated by @SisterKilljoy). It relates the moving story of how Ma Bechem, a Cameroonian seer, who is babysitting her daughter’s baby in Connecicut, is sought out by a woman who wants…
Je Suis Charlie
Our cartoonist, Dante Besong, responds to the January 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo with a cartoon which isn’t short of irony.
Introducing the Guardian Africa network's New Partners
The Guardian Africa network is a growing platform for journalists, writers and bloggers, assembling the best news and views from across the web to expand our coverage of the continent. Here, we introduce the new partners joining us in…
Special End-of-Year Afrofuturist Comic: Futureology
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…
Between Imagination and Madness: Matière grise (2011) – Review
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…
HIFA Announces 2015 Theme
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…
Private Desire in the Public Domain at the Kampala International Theatre Festival
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…
Nightlife: Tito Valery’s Retrospective Expo
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…
Afritude
The excerpt below, from Monique Kwachou’s short story “Afritude” [originally published in the Caine Prize anthology To See the Mountain and other stories] is part of #100DaysofAfricanReads (curated by @SisterKilljoy). The story relates how Elizabeth’s life changes the day she…
