CityLife Arts is a specialist arts publication that focuses on visual art, theatre and literature.
Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Harvard University When the announcement of Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi’s latest novel Dream Count was made, it was regarded as a major event in African literature. The internationally celebrated … Read More
Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Harvard University For 10 years, Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes and his friend the Nigerian writer Chris Abani have sifted through piles of manuscripts looking for Africa’s new poetic … Read More
Film: MichaelDirector: Antoine Fuqua Reviewer: Funeka Bambalele For the first time in my life, I walked out of a cinema feeling genuinely peeved. Two hours with Michael, the new biographical film about … Read More
To honour these two community theatre luminaries The Linda & Ngwenya: Legends Remembered, Legacy Lives on Festival will take place from 23–25 April 2026 at Uncle Tom’s Hall, Soweto. By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor … Read More
Russell Hlongwane’s artistic and cultural practice straddles film, research and consultancy. By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor The KZNSA Gallery, an institution that has existed for more than a century, seems … Read More
Ghosts of the struggle, dogs of the new dispensation; Brave, raw and necessary. In an age of safe storytelling, this unflinching musical drama shoves our failures back in our faces … Read More
Applications Now Open for the 2026 Jomba! Open Horizons Platforms (Live and Digital) By CityLife Arts Writer The Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal) has opened submissions for the … Read More
