CityLife Arts is a specialist arts publication that focuses on visual art, theatre and literature.
Caroline D. Laurent, American University of Paris (AUP) The influential Caine Prize for African Writing for 2023 was won by a power couple from Senegal. Their short story A Soul … Read More
Ademola Adesola, Mount Royal University The subjects of race, identity and belonging are often fraught with contention and uneasiness. Who are you? Who belongs? Who is native, or indigenous to … Read More
Tinashe Timothy Harry, Nelson Mandela University In the world of sports, some stories transcend the boundaries of the game and become symbolic of something greater. Siya Kolisi’s journey from an … Read More
Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University A recent book, Queer Bodies in African Films, studies the growing LGBTIQ+ output from film-makers around the continent, from Morocco to South Africa. In the process … Read More
Narnia Bohler-Muller, Human Sciences Research Council After a battle of about four years to secure the removal of South Africa’s public protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the country’s parliament finally delivered … Read More
Shola Adenekan, Ghent University The first book-length study of digital literature in Africa has attracted a lot of academic attention. African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics … Read More
Andiswa Mvanyashe, Nelson Mandela University In South Africa “umlungu” is a word that’s commonly used to refer to white people. It comes from isiXhosa, the language of the country’s Xhosa … Read More
