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Shine Shivan and Jane Alexander: JuxtapositionsMarch 23, 2022CONTINUE READING
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FILM & TV
Dance & Theatre, Film and TV, Interview, Performing Arts |
March 21, 2022
Unfiltered: The Significance of African Stories
Film and TV, News |
February 25, 2022
The 7th Annual West African Film Festival Celebrates African Diaspora

Art, Film and TV, News, Video |
February 10, 2022
Iké Udé’s ‘Nollywood Portraits’ at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art

Film and TV, News, Performing Arts, Video |
September 03, 2021
Kunle Afolayan’s Swallow Lands October 1st Netflix Launch
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Art, Film and TV, News, Video |
February 10, 2022
Iké Udé’s ‘Nollywood Portraits’ at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art
Running presently at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art is portrait photographer Iké Udé’s Nollywood Portraits. Udé celebrates the luminescent beauty and mystique of Nigerian visionaries by turning his lens on the talented people who drive Nollywood, Nigeria’s $3 billion film industry. Known for his performative and iconoclastic style and vibrant sense of composition, Udé’s photographs use colour, attire and other markers......
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Film and TV, News, Performing Arts, Video |
September 03, 2021
Kunle Afolayan’s Swallow Lands October 1st Netflix Launch
Celebrated filmmaker Afolayan is a main stage performer, so it comes as no surprise that his next film will be released on a date that holds meaning for Nigerians. With a screenplay by Sefi Atta and Kunle Afolayan, Swallow will arrive on Netflix on October 1st – Independence day. This is the first film from Kunle Afolayan’s multi-title Netflix slate and the drama-thriller......
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FASHION

Fashion, Luxury
Six African Fashion Brands Making Global Strides
Over the years, the African fashion industry has evolved and experienced increased growth. Globally, more attention...

Fashion, News
André Leon Talley, Influential Fashion Journalist, Dies Aged 73
André Leon Talley, the influential fashion journalist and former editor-at-large of US Vogue under Anna Wintour, has...

Fashion, Lifestyle, News
Roberta Annan Appointed As Member of Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design Advisory Council
Goodwill Ambassador and Founder of African Fashion Foundation, Roberta Annan has been appointed as a Member of the...

ARCHITECTURE

Architecture, Architecture & Design, News
Francis Kéré Receives the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
For the first time in four decades, an African and Black architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré is...

Architecture, Art, News
Mariam Issoufou Kamara: A Room for Introspection
Running presently at the MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Art, Rome is the GOOD NEWS....

Architecture, Architecture & Design, Art, News
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Launches a New Cultural Centre in Nigeria
Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation is an ambitious charity project founded in 2019 by Yinka Shonibare...
CULTURE & TRAVEL

Art, Culture & Travel, News
Amoako Boafo to Paint Uplift Triptych on Blue Origin Rocket Exterior
Earlier this year, a prominent lifestyle magazine ran a profile of figurative painter Amoako Boafo, hailing...

Art, Culture, Culture & Travel, News, Travel
Belgian Experts Frustrated At ‘Lack of Initiative from Museums and Government’ Call For Restitution of Colonial-Era Acquisitions
An independent panel of scholars and experts has called on Belgian museums to restitute artefacts acquired...

Art, Culture & Travel
Blaxperimentation and the Art of Survival in a Time of Change
One year into the mass human stasis, forced spatial, physical confinement and loss that the COVID-19...

Art, News, Travel
Lesley Lokko Becomes First Black Curator to Organise Venice Architecture Biennale
The Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy has picked Lesley Lokko to curate its 2023 edition, making...

Art, Culture, Culture & Travel, News, Travel
Belgian Experts Frustrated At ‘Lack of Initiative from Museums and Government’ Call For Restitution of Colonial-Era Acquisitions
An independent panel of scholars and experts has called on Belgian museums to restitute artefacts acquired...

Art, News, Travel
The Obama Portraits Tour
From June 2021 to May 2022, The Obama Portraits Tour, organised by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait...