Saturday 8 August 2026
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Remembering Cali Shucaac, poet, veteran, and witness, whose life carried Somali oral memory through colonial partition, state violence, and the struggle for dignity, self-determination, and lasting collective justice.…
Remembering Cali Shucaac, poet, veteran, and witness, whose life carried Somali oral memory through colonial partition, state violence, and the struggle for dignity, self-determination, and lasting collective justice.…
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The Granta controversy surrounding a Commonwealth Prize-winning story tells us less about AI than about the enduring metropolitan expectation that writing from the South should sound opaque, excessive, and primitive.…
The Granta controversy surrounding a Commonwealth Prize-winning story tells us less about AI than about the enduring metropolitan expectation that writing from the South should sound opaque, excessive, and primitive.…
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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.…
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Scholar, poet, and critic, Ali Jimale Ahmed devoted his life to reexamining Somalis beyond colonial tropes, insisting that their crisis was as much semantic as it was institutional — rooted in how Somali society has been historically narrated by inherited frameworks of conception.…
Scholar, poet, and critic, Ali Jimale Ahmed devoted his life to reexamining Somalis beyond colonial tropes, insisting that their crisis was as much semantic as it was institutional — rooted in how Somali society has been historically narrated by inherited frameworks of conception.…
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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.…
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Senegal won the final of AFCON on the pitch – but months later CAF rewrote the ending. The decision has triggered a fierce debate about power, fairness, and the credibility of African football.…
Senegal won the final of AFCON on the pitch – but months later CAF rewrote the ending. The decision has triggered a fierce debate about power, fairness, and the credibility of African football.…
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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.…
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Born in voice and memory, oral stories once shaped how the world was understood and lived. On the page, they return to those meanings, not to fix them, but to question and rethink them.…
Born in voice and memory, oral stories once shaped how the world was understood and lived. On the page, they return to those meanings, not to fix them, but to question and rethink them.…
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Through the lens of Sudanese photographers, including those who remain in war zones, the unseen toll of war comes alive, bearing witness to what is now the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. From the heart of conflict to Harlem, Resistance in Memory refuses to let the world look away.…
Through the lens of Sudanese photographers, including those who remain in war zones, the unseen toll of war comes alive, bearing witness to what is now the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. From the heart of conflict to Harlem, Resistance in Memory refuses to let the world look away.…
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From imperial rule to fascist occupation, Haile Gerima has made cinema a battleground over memory and truth. His latest work renews a lifelong struggle to decolonize the screen and restore Ethiopia to its own image.…
From imperial rule to fascist occupation, Haile Gerima has made cinema a battleground over memory and truth. His latest work renews a lifelong struggle to decolonize the screen and restore Ethiopia to its own image.…
