Film + TV
31 December 2013
Okayafrica's Top 13 Films of 2013
Okayafrica selects the 10 best African films of 2013, including movies by Alain Gomis, Kenneth Gyang, Marguerite Abouet, Neill Blomkamp & Andrew Dosumnu
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Music
10 December 2013
The Nelson Mandela Playlist: A Life In Music
Our Nelson Mandela music playlist includes music by Mandela's favourite artists, J.P. Mohapeloa, Makeba and Tchaikovsky plus songs inspired by anti-Apartheid struggle
12 years ago
Film + TV
21 November 2013
Africa On TV: The Borgen Edition
Danish political drama Borgen heads to Africa for an episode, and the results are far nuanced
12 years ago
News
15 November 2013
Game Changer? Zambia's First Lady Rejects State Homophobia
"No one should be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation” Zambia's First Lady Christine Kaseba-Sata defends LGBT rights in Africa
12 years ago
Film + TV
05 November 2013
Akosua Adoma Owusu's Campaign To Transform Accra's Rex Cinema
African academy award winning filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu's campaign to turn the Rex Cinema, Accra into an alternative art space
12 years ago
News
21 October 2013
Celia Cruz Live In Kinshasa, Zaire 1974
On what would have been Celia Cruz' birthday we reflect on her involvement in the Zaire 74 festival in Kinshasa, and her centrality to AfroLatinidad
12 years ago
Arts + Culture
09 October 2013
Blackface At The Tate: Artist Larry Achiampong On Britain's 'Others'
"I was depicting the experience of being treated like an alien based on the colour of my skin" Interview with British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong
12 years ago
Music
29 August 2013
Michael Jackson In Africa
On what would have been Michael Jackson's 55th birthday, we've compiled some of the best photos and videos from Michael Jackson's trips to Africa
12 years ago
Film + TV
23 August 2013
The Future Weird: In Search Of A Black Atlantis
African sci-fi screening series "The Future Weird" is back, this month we go underwater in search of the "Black Atlantis", also known as Drexciya
12 years ago
Music
22 August 2013
Brandy Performs To An Empty Stadium in South Africa
Brandy performs to a crowd of 40 in a stadium that seats 90,000 in Soweto, Johannesburg
12 years ago
USA
30 July 2013
The Future Weird: Visions of Excess - Jean Pierre Bekolo, Wangechi Mutu + Kibwe Tavares
"The Future Weird" is an afrofuturist film series in Brooklyn, screening films by Jean Pierre Bekolo, Wangechi Mutu & Kibwe Tavares in July
12 years ago
News
09 July 2013
16 Year-Old Ebony Oshunrinde aka WondaGurl Crafts Beat for Jay-Z
16 Year-Old Candadian/Nigerian Ebony Oshunrinde aka WondaGurl makes beat for Jay Z's platinum-selling album Magna Carter Holy Grail
News
08 July 2013
Reasons to Love Temi DollFace's New Video 'Pata Pata'
So many reasons to love Nigerian singer Temi DollFace's new video "Pata Pata". Its play on 1950s femininity is just one.
Film + TV
24 June 2013
From Architecture to Animation: Kibwe Tavares on 'Jonah' + his journey into film
Interview with British British filmmaker Kibwe Tavares on the dangers of being pigeonholed & 'Robots of Brixton' and his latest film 'Jonah'
Film + TV
22 May 2013
Money, Sex, Power & Christian Evangelicals in Roger Ross Williams' 'God Loves Uganda'
An in depth interview with Oscar winning director, Roger Ross Williams as he discusses his latest film: God Loves Uganda.
Arts + Culture
15 May 2013
Paul Sika: The Ivorian Photographer With ‘Visions Of Things To Come’
Interview with pioneering Ivorian photographer Paul Sika, a new voice in African photography whose work blends photography and filmmaking.
Film + TV
08 May 2013
African Film At Cannes 2013
Check out the African film offerings at the 66th Cannes Film Festival including 'Grigris' by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun and Tunisia's Abdellatif Kechiche
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Senator Roberto Calderoli compares Italian Minister Cécile Kyenge to an Orangutan, an insult rooted in colonial ways of thinking