CityLife Arts is a specialist arts publication that focuses on visual art, theatre and literature.
Steven Buckley, City St George’s, University of London Just over a week after Donald Trump was sworn in as 47th president of the United States, his new press secretary, Karoline … Read More
Caroline Fowler, Williams College The so-called golden age of Dutch painting in the 1600s coincided with an economic boom that had a lot to do with the transatlantic slave trade. … Read More
Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University In 2023, award-winning Zimbabwean author Christopher Mlalazi published a new book, Langabi: Season of the Beast. He’s the author of novels like Running with Mother (2012), … Read More
Olivier Moreillon, University of Johannesburg Niq Mhlongo was born in Soweto, Johannesburg in 1973 and grew up under apartheid, South Africa’s institutionalised racial segregation under white minority rule. He graduated … Read More
Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria Some record labels create huge market and financial clout. Some stay much smaller, but punch way above their weight in terms of their impact on … Read More
Olivier Moreillon, University of Johannesburg Despite the flaws in the latest novel by South African writer Nthikeng Mohlele, there is something alluring about Revolutionaries’ House. It is Mohlele’s most political … Read More
Meleisa Ono-George, University of Oxford In 2026, a new memorial to the 12.5 million enslaved people transported to the Americas and Europe – and their descendants – will be unveiled … Read More
