The Painter: Art and happiness in Burkina Faso
Image Source Artist Adjaratou Ouédraogo is more famous abroad than at home in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In The Painter, by…
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MoMA celebrates a ground-breaking Ivorian artist who drew a new language
Image Source In 1948, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, a young Ivorian former colonial navy officer, living in Dakar, Senegal—then the capital…
Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story – but the war is undoing decades of regreening
Image Source An ongoing war between the Ethiopian government and its allies against Tigray, one of its northern states, has…
Tanzania’s Amil Shivji on Love and Resistance in Toronto Film Festival Period Drama ‘Tug of War’
Image Source For the first time in its 46-year history, a Tanzanian film is part of the official selection of…
These Chefs Are on a Mission to Decolonize West African Food
Image Source When asked “Where is imperialism in Africa?” former president of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara said the answer was simple.…
Telling The African Story Through Art
Image Source Januário Jano is an Angolan artist and a man on a mission. Tapping into his cocktail of multimedia installations,…