Sinners is a haunting blues musical where melodies summon spirits and salvation comes through song — not sword or stake
Musicians have carried his ideology forward – but what would he make of today’s politics?
‘Isibuko’ holds a mirror to the musician’s life
This blockbuster sequel is a well-intentioned but painfully average tribute to the star of the first movie, Chadwick Boseman
His father took him to isangoma when he wanted to be an actor. Today Dr John Kani is revered the world over. He tells Athandiwe Saba about his passions
Ruth Carter and Laduma Ngxokolo’s collaborative costumes make ‘Coming 2 America’ easier on the eye
Nnedi Okorafor’s ‘Lagoon’ is an immersive reimagining of Nigerian society that transports us into a future where queerness is normalised
Inspired by Chadwick Boseman’s portrayal of King T’Challa in ‘Black Panther’, Akwasi Frimpong set out to make his look, and impact, rich, black and cross-cultural
Thandika Mkandawire, who died in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 27 after a battle with cancer, was a renowned development economist, an institution builder and a pan-Africanist
The spy drama with its kick-ass heroine Queen Sono shows the continent in a new light
Debbie Berman set her sights high on Hollywood and her tenacity has paid off with ‘Black Panther’
Lee rose through the ranks to become a comics writer — making millions of superhero fans dream of his fantastic universes
Uganda, Wakanda…it’s an easy mistake to make
Over and over old tropes are trotted our in films, with modern and “civilised” always triumphing. But what is the new definition of “civilised”?
Nightshade might seem nothing more than a prop in the film but she is more than she appears to be
‘I don’t think I have a cooking style yet; I’m still figuring myself out’
It has awoken in me a sense of pride and dignity I had no idea I had lost from all those many years of being erased in international public discourse
It’s a genre that can’t exist without the spectre of blackness. Black Panther gets this
What makes Kwezi special is the fact that, in the comic’s creation, they get to draw from the cultural terrain of South Africa
"In the absence of living on a piece of land with my extended family… I yearn for this kind of connection in my modern life".
"Soundtracks are not scores. At best, they are marketing gimmicks with a pretence at a soul".
Black Panther might depict a fantasy of the continent but the its contribution to black geekdom remains important
The Wakanda language spoken by Black Panther is based on isiXhosa.