Musicians worldwide have been placing their tracks with global streaming platforms such as Spotify for many years. South African musicians,…
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Woman King is set in Benin but filmed in South Africa
The latest film by director Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King, is about a legendary all-woman African army in the 1800s,…
the cult Afrikaans writer has been translated to English – here’s a review
There are some writers you wish you had encountered years ago. There are some authors you only discover – for…
Asake, the breakout pop star from Nigeria who owned 2022
Asake’s first commercial releases, beginning with the song Lady in 2020, didn’t really portend a seismic shift in Nigeria’s teeming…
Simon Nkoli’s fight for queer rights in South Africa is finally being celebrated – 24 years after he died
Born in 1957, Simon Tseko Nkoli had just turned 41 when he died, in 1998, of an AIDS-related illness. In…
Can an African team win the World Cup? New football study crunches the numbers
Many football lovers hope an African team will finally win the men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been…
how South Africa’s TV news gets it wrong
South Africa is a country that experiences a very high level of gender-based violence. During the UN’s annual international 16…