At our first workshop from our festival in Nairobi, The Elephant’s Joe Kobuthi, reflected on a year since #EndFinanceBill. Image credit Onesmus Karanja for Africa Is a Country. In June 2025, Africa Is a Country held its inaugural Festival of Ideas in Nairobi—a week of screenings, workshops, panels, and long, searching conversations about the future of political and cultural life on the continent. As part of the trip, our editorial team sat down with Joe Kobuthi of The Elephant, one of Kenya’s leading platforms for critical commentary and analysis. Kobuthi has long been a trenchant observer of the Kenyan public…
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Always imbued with themes about travel and what is abstract about those memories this collection features figurative works executed with mixed media, from ink from ball point pens, water colours and pastel, utilised the depth and forms of the works to articulate vignettes about narrativised memories as artistic bounty. Themba Tsotsi on the work of the South African artist Moshekwa Langa South African visual artist Moshekwa Langa had another solo exhibition with the Stevenson Gallery titled “Bele BeleTsieng”. Inspired by a Tswana proverb the article will show that this collection is inspired by external forces to…
Dailon Livramento drops to the floor, seemingly in shock as tears stream down his face. When he tries to stand, he’s floored by Sidny Cabral before the rest of his Cabo Verdean teammates join him. But Livramento has eyes only for his family. His mother, father, brother, and nearly a dozen cousins are trying to get onto the pitch to be with him. Back in the Dutch industrial city of Rotterdam, where Livramento and Cabral both grew up, thousands of residents pour into the streets to celebrate. Cabo Verde are going to the World Cup. Livramento scored the all-important goal…
Meet Amesh Wijesekera, a talented designer from Sri Lanka. He’s making waves in the fashion world by creating beautiful, colorful clothes that are good for the planet and made for everyone, no matter how they identify. His story is about mixing old traditions with new ideas to create a brighter future for fashion.Amesh Wijesekera, a name now whispered with admiration in fashion circles, carries the vibrant spirit of Sri Lanka in every stitch. This isn’t just about clothes for Amesh; it’s about telling a new story of his homeland, a story woven with threads of tradition, sustainability, and a bold…
Cape Town or Kruger? It’s the age-old safari question, but what if you didn’t have to choose… A Cape Town to Kruger safari is one of the easiest and most rewarding trips in South Africa, offering an laidback mix of coast, culture and Big Five sightings in the iconic Kruger and its private reserves. Take the cable car up Table Mountain in the morning, wander Bo-Kaap’s technicolour streets before lunch and a swim at Clifton – and a short flight later, you’ll find yourself rolling along sandy tracks in the heart of the Kruger. It’s a South Africa safari itinerary…
“The images are going viral around the world, just as Morocco is set to host the Africa Cup of Nations in December,” says Othman, a fellow journalist and film director based in Rabat. For six days, peaceful demonstrations led by Morocco’s Generation Z unfolded across the country. But by Tuesday, September 30, tensions escalated into clashes with police. The Ministry of the Interior reported 409 arrests and around 300 injuries—most of them among law enforcement. On Wednesday, October 1, three people were killed by police after attempting to storm a gendarmerie station. The protest movement, dubbed GenZ212—a nod to both…
By Roxanne ReidCraggy mountains, knobbly old oak trees, curving Cape Dutch gables, endless rows of vineyards and orchards, and maybe a peaceful little farm dam. These are the things you’ll be daydreaming about after a trip to Tulbagh. Just an easy 90-minute drive from Cape Town, this charming little town in the Cape Winelands is all about rich history and stunning views, with loads to explore. Tulbagh is tucked away in a valley, surrounded by the Obiqua range to the west, the Winterhoek peaks (snow-dusted in winter) to the north, and the Witzenberg mountains to the east. The town has…
Just after midnight, strange noises interrupted the uneventful evening. Folarin Banigbe went downstairs to investigate the clanging sound that was piercing through the hum of active generators, the soundtrack to power cuts in Nigeria.Banigbe headed towards the kitchen and looked up to see three men cutting through the iron bars on his window. His first impression was that these were “local, community thieves” who he could scare away. That was enough to be unnerving on any day — and not least that day, his wedding anniversary — but there are worse fates than being robbed in Port Harcourt, capital of…
Amid the investment of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence (AI), there are serious concerns surrounding its use: threats to the environment and water supply, the challenge to critical thinking skills, and the theft of hard-won creativity. Yet, few focus on the fact that the information skimmed and scrubbed from the written word is cladding the ideas of future generations, via large language models (or LLMs). To write is to think. To choose to hand that thinking over is to forfeit ideas and language, allowing them to be defined by a written history largely dominated by the voices of white…
by Staff Reporter Wednesday Oct 22, 2025. 18:39 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the nominees for the Men’s Player of the Year award. The governing body released the list of nominations for its awards on Monday, which includes the coveted individual award for the best player from the continent. The 10-player shortlist is comprised of Andre Frank Zambo-Anguissa, Fiston Mayele, Mohamed Salah, Denis Bouanga, Serhou Guirassy, Achraf Hakimi, Oussama Lamlioui, Victor Osimhen, Iliman Ndiaye and Pape Matar Sarr. Only two of those shortlisted play their club football on the continent and were both also nominated for CAF…