NoViolet Bulawayo Gifts Fellowship to Writer Yewande Omotoso
Demonstrating a benevolence that is not often seen or appreciated in the seemingly competitive world of novel-writing, the winner of the first Etisalat Prize for Literature, NoViolet Bulawayo, has...
View ArticleJo’Burg Event: Hip-Hop Goes Back To The City
Seventeen thousand and counting – the Back To The City Festival is set to grow its numbers all for the love Give such–my closer to fumes http://www.impression2u.com/cailis-canada/ concerned from day...
View ArticleHilarious! Watch Reporters Mispronounce Lupita Nyong’o's Name
We get it, Lupita Nyong’o's name is not the easiest name to pronounce if you’re not from our neck of the woods. This hilarious mash-up of American reporters getting her name wrong just made our day....
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Photo Essay: What 20 Years of Democracy Means to Everyday South Africans
Twenty years ago, on April 27, 1994, millions of South Africans voted in the country’s first all-race elections. It was a momentous day, when the country’s majority blacks, and other peoples of color,...
View ArticleShaka Sisulu Talks Elections, What It Means to Be Young in South Africa Right...
On the eve of the fifth democratic elections in South Africa, to be held on Wednesday May 7th, nothing is assured. With the ANC still expected to take the polls at a staggering 60% of the vote despite...
View ArticleSouth African Singer Simphiwe Dana on the Africa Re-imagination Creative Hub.
This week South African singer Simphiwe Dana is spearheading the Africa Re-imagination Creative Hub at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as part of the organization’s “Agenda...
View ArticleWe’re Watching: ‘Chin Up’ Web Series
Chin Up! highlights the hilarious perils of a struggling actress in the industry is now a web series After her sister encouraged her to start a blog about her experiences as an actress, Lara Lipschitz...
View ArticleWatch Idris Elba’s Directorial Debut, ‘Beats of the Beautiful Game’
Long Walk To Freedom star Idris Elba directed a short film for the Beats of the Beautiful Game visual album curated by Pepsi in the run-up to the 2014 soccer World Cup. The 70s-themed short tells the...
View ArticleFilmmaker Tries to Unmask Legendary Tunisian Butt Slasher
It is the summer of 2003 in Tunis, a mysterious and possibly crazed man zips through the streets of the Tunisian capital on his motorcycle, slashing the buttocks of women he feels are dressed...
View ArticleMeet the Fest Gurus, Watch Them Interview Sauti Sol, The Very Best
The Fest Gurus have been working especially hard to bring us highlights from Africa’s best festivals. After releasing the first instalment of their adventures at the Lake of Stars Festival in Malawi...
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The African Abroad: On Learning to Love Our Gap Teeth
The African Abroad is a new column featuring the random musings of AfriPOP! editor Yolanda Sangweni. I’ve always loved the gap in my teeth. It’s a like a coma, a pause, in my smile. My teeth are...
View ArticleBongani Madondo on Editing Brenda Fassie Biography (Video)
The ever-vigilant staff over at Africa is a Country released a video where writer and editor Bongani Madondo explains the philosophy and the inspirations of the book he edited about pop icon Brenda...
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The African Abroad: Do We Know How to Protest with Results Anymore?
The African Abroad is a new column featuring the random musings of AfriPOP! editor Yolanda Sangweni. It’s been three months since Boko Haram kidnapped over 300 girls from the Nigerian town of Chibok....
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The African Abroad: On Ebola, Lala Anthony and Social Media Ignorance
The African Abroad is a column featuring the random musings of AfriPOP! editor Yolanda Sangweni. So we’re in 2014—Everyone has Google. Everyone has a TV to watch the local (or international news). And...
View ArticleLadysmith Black Mambazo Forays into Ballet?
After an extraordinary performance at the MTV MAMAs earlier this year and an interesting collaboration with Mi Casa, Ladysmith Black Mambazo makes yet another unexpected move. The acapella super group...
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Photos: 5 Hours with SA Rapper Khuli Chana in New York City
afriPOP! caught up with South African rapper Khuli Chana during his recent visit to New York City. The charming rapper, born Khulane Morule, had just won Best Male Southern Africa 2014 at the African...
View Article“What I want to do is to tell a good story, that is all” – Caine Prize winner...
Kenya’s Okwiri Oduor has won the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story entitled ‘’My Father’s Head’’. Oduor visited the Book Lounge in Cape Town last week to launch ‘The Gonjon Pin...
View ArticleThe ‘My Africa Is…’ Docu-Series Highlights Youth Culture in Dakar, Senegal
The last time we spoke with the team behind the My Africa Is series, they had traveled to Lagos, Nigeria where they highlighted some amazing recycling initiatives. Nosarieme Garrick and Kathleen Bomani...
View Article9 Artists You’ve Got To See At Carnegie Hall’s Ubuntu Festival in NYC
The South Africans are coming! The South Africans are coming! Much to our delight, Carnegie Hall is celebrating the 20th anniversary of South African democracy with a month-long series of performances,...
View ArticleLive in Brooklyn: Tumi Molekane, Toni Blackman and Chen Lo Talk Hip Hop...
afriPOP! Presents… South African emcee/poet Tumi Molekane sits down for a conversation about hip hop across borders with American emcees Toni Blackman and Chen Lo, this Sunday in Brooklyn. The...
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