Monday 15 June 2026
Hamed Mahdawi is a Tunisian writer and art critic. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arabic Language and Literature and has a broad interest in various artistic fields. His work has been published in a number of Arabic-language websites and magazines.
Articles by the Author
Culture
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As colonial structures weakened and new nations took shape, writers began telling their own life stories. These narratives bridged older communal traditions and the rise of a modern literary self.…
As colonial structures weakened and new nations took shape, writers began telling their own life stories. These narratives bridged older communal traditions and the rise of a modern literary self.…
Culture
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Before African salsa filled dance floors around the world, a Malian musician helped invent its sound in Havana. The life of Boncana Maïga reveals how a Cold War-era journey changed the course of West African music.…
Before African salsa filled dance floors around the world, a Malian musician helped invent its sound in Havana. The life of Boncana Maïga reveals how a Cold War-era journey changed the course of West African music.…
Culture
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African writers are moving beyond the defensive posture of postcolonial discourse. Their work negotiates identity, recognition, and literary authority within an increasingly global cultural economy.…
African writers are moving beyond the defensive posture of postcolonial discourse. Their work negotiates identity, recognition, and literary authority within an increasingly global cultural economy.…
Art
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More than a global pop wave, Afrobeats has become a language of identity shaped by the city, the diaspora, and digital circulation. Between rhythm and image, market and meaning, it repositions Africa as a producer of culture rather than a subject of nostalgia or crisis.…
More than a global pop wave, Afrobeats has become a language of identity shaped by the city, the diaspora, and digital circulation. Between rhythm and image, market and meaning, it repositions Africa as a producer of culture rather than a subject of nostalgia or crisis.…
Culture
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As African fiction moved from rural worlds to urban centers, place began to reshape not just stories, but the form of the novel itself.…
As African fiction moved from rural worlds to urban centers, place began to reshape not just stories, but the form of the novel itself.…