CityLife Arts is a specialist arts publication that focuses on visual art, theatre and literature.
By Joshua Kumbani Music has been part and parcel of humanity for a long time. Not every sound is musical, but sound has meaning and sometimes the meaning of sound … Read More
By Garhe Osiebe Decades after his death, Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s most famous musician continues to live on through his art. Afrobeat, a genre he pioneered, has transcended generations after him, existing in … Read More
Tsitsi Dangarembga has made a name for herself as a writer, filmmaker and activist in Zimbabwe. She gained international acclaim with her debut novel Nervous Conditions (1988), which became the first published English novel by … Read More
In a letter to James AH Murray in 1879, the writer ME Lewes wrote: “I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot”. She perhaps would not have been pleased … Read More
There is a general perception that there is no film industry to talk about in Zimbabwe. This argument is mostly based on comparisons with other well-resourced film economies, such … Read More
By Joanne Clarke, Elizabeth Edna Wangui, Grace W.Ngaruiya and Nick Brooks Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is … Read More
My instinctive reaction on first laying my eyes on Mcebisi Ndletyana’s new book, Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990-2019, was to wonder if the African … Read More
