African Diaspora
latest news & developmentsBerita’s ‘Echoes of The Soul’: A meditation on migrant workers
Berita’s Workers’ Day performance becomes a powerful meditation on migration, memory and xenophobia in a nation built through labour, movement and forgotten solidarities
Where ancestors walk
Manyaku Mashilo transforms memory and ancestry into expansive, layered canvases where spiritual landscapes, historical archives and women’s journeys converge
Dancing the Death Drill: A Resurrection of forgotten spirits
Dancing the Death Drill is more than theatre — it is a resurrection, a requiem and a haunting reminder of forgotten African history
Exile in Cairo: Between the Nile and the struggle
Morley Nkosi recalls exile in Cairo, where cramped rooms, African solidarity and global politics shaped the uncertain journey to freedom
Writing against the grain: Adekeye Adebajo’s Africa
Informed, provocative, and hopeful — Adebajo’s work resists reduction, embracing Africa’s plurality and persistent spirit
A love supreme: A requiem for Koyo Kouoh
Bongani Madondo remembers Koyo Kouoh as an activist and a community worker — and curator of collective futures
A panoramic view of a continent
My latest book is an analysis of Africa, from the perspective of 30 years of study, which offers an overview of the decades since the fall of apartheid in 1994
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found — A profound portrait of the artist in exile
Ernest Cole’s untold story comes home — with a revealing documentary premiering at the Joburg Film Festival this week
Thandiswa Mazwai on Sankofa and political currents in South Africa
Experience the soul-stirring melodies of Thandiswa Mazwai’s new album ‘Sankofa’, a captivating journey through South African music and culture
An injury to an African immigrant is an injury to all
Anti-foreigner sentiment may be an election-winning issue come 2024. But African immigrants deserve better
Can-do youth spirit invades Rodrigues island
Young Indian Ocean islanders are turning to technology and creativity to find ways to generate work at home
Black lives must matter in Africa too
Although Africans must continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement, there is also the need for them to raise their voices against injustices in other African countries
Spike Lee revives Nola Darling in a TV joint that hits and misses
The director has recast his signature film and its characters for a new generation
El Anatsui comes back to Africa
The world-renowned artist is being introduced to audiences with his latest exhibition ‘Meyina’
The hotline trying to stop men murdering their wives
A hotline in the US is trying to tackle the high rate of domestic violence against nurses in the Nigerian diaspora.