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Cape Verde, a small archipelago off the coast of Senegal, has permanently altered the global musical landscape, largely due to the late Cesária Évora. Her 1992 breakthrough album, Miss Perfumado, became a massive European hit and cemented her as the best-selling African artist of the 20th century in the US. The album introduced morna, the […]
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Bobi Wine says literature, music, and art continue to shape his political activism and vision for Uganda’s future. In an interview during a visit to Harvard University, the opposition leader and musician reflected on the writers, playwrights, and songs that have shaped his opposition to President Yoweri Museveni’s government. Wine cited Things Fall Apart by […]
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African artists and models made a powerful statement at the 2026 Met Gala in New York, reinforcing the continent’s growing influence on global fashion. South African singer Tyla drew attention in a custom Valentino look designed by Alessandro Michele, featuring crystal draping and peacock-inspired details. South Sudanese model Anok Yai stunned in a sculptural Balenciaga […]
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Who gets to define Africa—and on whose terms? That question drives a compelling new book profiling six African intellectuals whose work challenges the foundations of global knowledge. From Valentin-Yves Mudimbe’s critique of Western knowledge systems to Achille Mbembe’s exploration of power and “necropolitics,” these thinkers are going beyond analyzing Africa and are reshaping how the […]
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When war shattered Khartoum in April 2023, Sudanese band Aswat Almadina was mid-session in a recording studio, surrounded by guitars and keyboards. Within months, its members were scattered across Cairo, Jeddah, and beyond—displaced by a conflict that has since killed over 150,000 people. Yet the music never stopped. The band continued collaborating remotely, sending files […]
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Edmonia Lewis, the first Black and Indigenous American sculptor to achieve international acclaim, is finally receiving long-overdue recognition more than a century after her death. Born in 1844 to a free Black father and an Ojibwe mother, Lewis built a groundbreaking career creating neoclassical sculptures that championed emancipation and Indigenous identity. After facing racism in […]
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South Sudan has an outsized influence in global fashion—nine of the world’s top 50 models call it home—yet the young women trying to follow that path face obstacles that have nothing to do with talent. Khloe Nyanda and Alek Mayen Garang are navigating family resistance, predatory agents, visa rejections due to a lack of local […]
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In the 1950s, African fashion was both an aesthetic choice and a sophisticated tool for political resistance. As the continent moved toward independence, women masterfully blended Western silhouettes—like Dior’s “New Look”—with traditional textiles such as Nigeria’s adire and South Africa’s shweshwe, creating a distinct post-colonial aesthetic. This era saw the rise of iconic women like […]
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For decades, the Ngogo chimpanzees of Uganda’s Kibale National Park were the ultimate example of primate harmony, but a brutal “civil war” has turned these former friends into lethal enemies. Since 2018, researchers have documented a shocking split that has resulted in at least 24 targeted killings, including 17 infants. Researchers identified three likely triggers: […]
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Sophie Oluwole reshaped how African thought is understood both at home and abroad. Nigeria’s first woman to earn a PhD in philosophy, Oluwole spent decades challenging the Western assumption that African thought was mere folklore rather than rigorous intellectual tradition because it was oral, rather than written. Her masterstroke was comparing Yoruba sage Òrúnmìlà to […]
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