New York African Film Festival opens
The New York African Film Festival is back for its 33rd edition, bringing over 100 films from Africa and its diaspora to screens across New York in May—and this year’s lineup is turning heads. The opening film, Promised Sky, stars Aïssa Maïga and explores the lives of three Ivorian migrants in Tunisia. Perhaps the most […]
Inside Lagos’s Lekki Arts and Crafts Market
Tucked along a pothole-riddled street in Lagos’s Lekki Peninsula, Lekki Arts and Crafts Market offers something genuinely rare in Nigeria’s commercial capital: calm. With over 400 stalls selling everything from hand-woven aso-oke textiles and leather goods to gemstones, woodcarvings, and vintage albums, the market is as much a cultural experience as a shopping destination. What […]
Morocco makes Venice Biennale debut
Morocco has unveiled its first national pavilion at the Venice Biennale, featuring Asǝṭṭa, a large-scale installation by multidisciplinary artist Amina Agueznay. The work brings together 166 Moroccan artisans—the vast majority women—alongside two Venetian collaborators, positioning craftspeople as central creative agents rather than mere executors. Rooted in the Moroccan concept of the âatba, or “transformative threshold,” […]
