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A Call to History

on four groundbreaking African festivals

A Call to History

Cédric Vincent writes about the importance of remembering pan-African events

Digital computational

About art and technology

Digital computational

Basia Lewandowska Cummings takes a closer look at a group of young artists,…

Here’s to progress

The Links between the Black Cultural Archives and Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present by Eddie Chambers

Here’s to progress

The opening of the Black Cultural Archives’ purpose-built space in Brixton, London coincides…

“There is no originality in my work other than my own”

A conversation with Meschac Gaba

“There is no originality in my work other than my own”

Meeting the artist Meschac Gaba at his home in Rotterdam.

20 Years After Democracy

Culture in Another South Africa

20 Years After Democracy

Where is South African culture after 20 years of democracy? Looking back, the…

POLITICS & SOCIALIST ART

THE EFF ANNIVERSARY

POLITICS & SOCIALIST ART

It was the lead up to the first anniversary rally of South Africa’s…

A Brilliant Creative Spirit Leaves His Mark

Souleymane Keita

A Brilliant Creative Spirit Leaves His Mark

The Senegalese painter died on 19 July at the age of 67, leaving…

City Language of the Other

Discovering alternative narratives prevalent in the city of Johannesburg

City Language of the Other

In Kagiso Mnisi's opinion, the prevalent vocabulary – including the language of development…

There are startling, unambiguous parallels

Masquerades and Folk Traditions

There are startling, unambiguous parallels

Olufemi Terry, winner of the 2010 Caine Prize for for African writing takes…

A creative mistake

Utopia in Mons

A creative mistake

How a Belgium museum director misread Édouard Glissant, made up a ficticious exhibition…

Doing it in Colour

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Doing it in Colour

Sean O'Toole explores the role of colour in photography.

Portraits of interior landscapes

Malala Andrialavidrazana

Portraits of interior landscapes

Echoes – Fragments is the title of a group of twenty images that…


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