The Broadway adaptation of the award-winning movie celebrates its quarter-century
The different renditions of the Lion King don’t dilute the story, but none are better than the original.
Hakuna Matata may be the motto, but the iconic Disney film is full of life lessons
Lebo M tells us about his journey from South Africa to Hollywood, his days as a ballroom dancer and his successful battle against alcohol abuse.
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Cinema struggles to tell stories that reflect a contemporary Africa and remains hamstrung by self-serving voices
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
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Few black thinkers and creatives in the United States seem able to grapple with the implications of their Americocentrism in relation to Africa
As a kid in Soweto, he never dreamed he’d help the world fall in love with life in Africa; as a veteran musician his pride is undiminished
Sello Maake ka Ncube tells Kwanele Sosibo about life before and after <i>The Lion King</i>.