AFRICA / ART

Contemporary African Art through a Different Lens

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1:54 is one of the largest celebrations of contemporary African art in the world today. Held now in three cities: New York, Marrakech with the largest in London, at the capital’s Somerset house.

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CINEMA

Toronto International Film Festival

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There are many film festivals around the world, Cannes, Venice and of course Sundance in the States, to name just a few, and yet there are none as important to a film’s commercial future as the Toronto International Film Festival.

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AFRICA / CINEMA

Africa Finds its Cinematic Voice

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Africa Finds its Cinematic Voice By Beverly Andrews A contemporary Buddhist leader, Daisaku Ikeda of the lay Buddhist organisation the Soka Gakkai International, once said that the 21st century would be the […]

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AFRICA / CINEMA

A Lagos State of Mind…

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“Now let me tell you about Nigerian audiences…they talk and text and take calls and make calls during the film, they heckle the actors and if there is a song they know, they sing along.”

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