Category: Opinion

David Murphy, University of Strathclyde Souleymane Cissé is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest African film-makers of all time – and the world’s most prestigious film festival, Cannes, agrees. … Read More

Jochen S. Arndt, Virginia Military Institute South Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people share a rich common … Read More

Toby Wilkinson, University of Cambridge Cleopatra, queen of Egypt in the years 51-30 BC, is back in the news thanks to a controversial docudrama series on Netflix called Queen Cleopatra. … Read More

Thembela Vokwana, University of Fort Hare Among the invited artists at the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III was the South African soprano, Pretty Yende. Coronations are not events that … Read More

Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of Oxford Nigeria’s Emmanuel Iduma is many things: writer, editor, publisher, critic and photographer. In 2022 he combined these skills to introduce a newsletter, Tender Photo, sent … Read More

Francesca Negro, Universidade de Lisboa A group of young dancers from Uganda, Triplets Ghetto Kids, went viral across the world when they earned the “golden buzzer” mid-performance on the TV … Read More

Fiona Ramsay, University of the Witwatersrand South African artist William Kentridge became world famous for his charcoal drawings and hand-drawn animated films, but his work continued to grow in scope … Read More