‘I’m broken and my only sin was being a woman’ – Gabrielle Goliath’s survivors | Photography
[ad_1] The event that shaped Gabrielle Goliath’s life as an artist happened when she was nine years old: a schoolfriend was killed in an act of domestic violence, the details of which have never been clear. “It would have been an accident,” she says, from her home in Johannesburg, 30 years on. “But, you know, […]
The girl in the massive baobab tree: Luis Tato’s best photograph | Photography
[ad_1] The vast Zinder region in Niger, west Africa, is the most populated part of the country. Its people live mostly in traditional villages, their lives relatively unchanged for decades. Yet they are now being profoundly affected by climate change. I was there in 2019, working on stories about the crisis, reforestation and resilience projects. […]
‘It blew our minds’: the surfers who braved sharks to ride Africa’s mightiest wave | Books
[ad_1] To surf Africa’s biggest wave, which rises to 50ft and crashes down on waters filled with great white sharks, you first need to take a boat out into the clashing currents of Cape Town’s Hout Bay. Then you jump into the maelstrom, paddle like crazy towards the deafening roar of breakwater, and suddenly it’s […]
Legacies of apartheid: Jo Ractliffe’s South Africa – in pictures | Art and design
[ad_1] Crossroads, 1986 ‘One day in 1986, when photographing in Crossroads, my eyes met those of a white dog slinking around a pile of discarded boxes and rubbish. Soon after that encounter, I came across Ryszard Kapuściński’s 1976 book Another Day of Life, about the events leading up to Angola’s independence and subsequent civil war. […]
The horror safari: why was Francis Bacon so triggered by dead elephants? | Art
[ad_1] If you look into the eyes of a portrait, especially a self-portrait, by Rembrandt, you seem to see a “soul”. Such religious ideas and readings have shaped the story of art from its very beginnings and continue to seduce us today. But Francis Bacon was the first artist to paint people as animals. His […]
The Weeknd donates $1m in food aid to Ethiopia amid ‘senseless’ conflict | The Weeknd
[ad_1] Pop singer the Weeknd has donated $1m (£722,000) in food aid to Ethiopia, amid the ongoing conflict in the country’s Tigray region. “My heart breaks for my people of Ethiopia as innocent civilians ranging from small children to the elderly are being senselessly murdered and entire villages are being displaced out of fear and […]
Actor Thandiwe Newton reclaims original spelling of her name | Thandiwe Newton
[ad_1] Thandie Newton has said she will reclaim the original Zulu-derived spelling of her name for use in her professional career, declaring: “I’m taking back what’s mine.” For more than 30 years, the actor, born Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker, has been known by an anglicised version of her name since the “w” was dropped “carelessly” […]
After a Bright Start, Zimbabwe’s Legal Cannabis Market Hits the Skids
[ad_1] CANNABIS CULTURE – Zimbabwe’s cannabis legalization initiative once held great promise, but now government overreach and excess taxation have ground progress down to a halt — and sent many back to the black market. Zimbabwe has just found out how marijuana extreme taxes are counter-productive. In December 2020, Zimbabwe´s government announced what it calls […]
Julian Lloyd Webber: The rich world of African classical music | Classical music
[ad_1] While the Wigmore Hall has rightly garnered plaudits for keeping classical music alive during lockdown, another pioneering concert series has also beaten the odds with its series of online live events. The African Concert Series is the brainchild of my former duo partner, the pianist Rebeca Omordia. She has half-Romanian, half-Nigerian heritage. But while […]
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o nominated as author and translator in first for International Booker | International Booker prize
[ad_1] Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has become the first writer to be nominated for the International Booker prize as both author and translator of the same book, and the first nominee writing in an indigenous African language. The 83-year-old Kenyan and perennial Nobel favourite is among 13 authors nominated for the award for best translated fiction, […]
