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‘Human Archipelago’ | Teju Cole and Fazal Sheikh explore notions of hospitality in latest photo book
The word ‘hospitality’ sounds a bit old-fashioned. In a globaliSed world where every (Easy) jetsetter with the right passport, outfit and vocabulary can be a ‘local’ anywhere, th..
A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM | Deconstructing stereotypes at Photo Vogue Festival
Kader Attia | The postcolonial body
Kader Attia is many things, but currently, he is an incredulously prolific man. Within the space of a dozen months, he managed to fit biennials in Gwangju, Shanghai and Venice, a..
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..
‘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..
‘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..
Black History Month | Is #BHM nothing but a hashtag?
If one is Black all year round—in the US at least—February is the time to double-down, and to remind everyone (and oneself) of the beauty and historicity of Blackness in all its ..
Meet Nigeria’s coolest kids, Santi and the Alté Scene
Lagos has always been a buzzing urban hub whose cultural output has reshaped Nigeria’s artistic and cultural aesthetics. If it is crucial to sing the praise of the outstanding ta..
The Black Speculative Arts Movement & Afrofuturism as an afrocentric, technocultural social philosophy
Black Panther, the movie, catapulted Afrofuturism and Black ideas of alternative future into the mainstream. For many viewers across the world, the movie was the first time that ..
‘All power to all the people’ | Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman is a must watch
Spike Lee is renowned for not pulling any punches and with his new film, he certainly hit the target again. BlacKkKlansman is so far the most powerful cinematographic statement o..