‘Omg’ | Sampa The Great’s new album ‘The Return’ is addictive
“Oh my God” is the first thing you think about when watching and listening to Sampa The Great’s new single OMG, taken from her debut album, The Return, which is set to be release..
Sama’ | The palestinian DJ who uses techno as a means of resistance
The 2010s will be remembered as the decade of the victory of the female universe, as the years when women finally found the right lever to destroy the crystal ceiling which, bein..
‘Zero’ | Antonio Distefano’s Netflix series unveils a young generation of black Italians
A few days ago, Netflix announced the release of a new original series in 2020, Zero. This is a very hot piece of news for two reasons: the series will be written by Antonio Dike..
“Black Models. From Géricault to Matisse” is the exhibition we needed
A couple of months ago, I came across the image of a painting as I scrolled through my timeline on Facebook. It’s a painting I must have seen at least ten times in the past few y..
‘Mirrors’ | Contemporary Dance, Video Art, Music recount “Italia, Culture, Africa”
Last October, on the occasion of the ‘Italy-Africa’ Conference in Rome and the private visit of 250 guests to the African Metropolis exhibition at MAXXI museum, we presented a te..
“May you live in interesting times” | What to expect at the 58th Venice Biennale of Art
The Venice Biennale of Art, popularly La Biennale returns on Saturday May 11th and runs until Sunday November 24th 2019, at its traditional venues in Venice. The 58th Internation..
‘Desert to Douala’|PULO NDJ’s debut album takes us on a cross-cultural journey
Desert to Douala, an incredible sonic and cultural exploration—and PULO NDJ‘s debut album—, is here. Released on 29th March, in the project Nickodemus, Wonderwheel Recordings’ ho..
‘Doing what they love’ | New documentary on Sudan’s music scene portrays a country in flux
Doing what they love: Yalla Khartoum is a new documentary by Editude Pictures featuring Sudan’s budding music scene from a refreshingly untold perspective. The 18 minute document..
‘Hawi’ | Ethiopia has its first female comic supershero
The first female Ethiopian superhero is finally here, her name is Ement Legesse and she is the protagonist of Hawi, the new comic created by Beserat Debebe, founder of Etan Comic..
Okwui Enwezor | A pillar of global contemporary art has died
Okwui Enwezor has died aged 55. Poet, art historian, contemporary art curator and critic, among his most prestigious roles are the 56th edition of Venice Biennale, All The World’..