Sisi Afrika Magazine

May 21, 2022May 18, 2022

Music & Film

Rudy Gomis: A Masterful Collaborator Who Kept the Diversity of Senegalese Music Alive

The world has lost one of the great pioneers of the post-independence movement of modern popular music in Senegal.

by The Conversation

May 21, 2022May 18, 2022

Visual Art

Doual’Art: Thirty Years of Showcasing Cameroon Contemporary Art

In 1991, Marylin Douala Manga Bell and her husband founded Cameroon's first-ever contemporary art center. Since then, she has been a key enabler of local talent growth - and the emergence of Cameroon's contemporary artists on the world stage. Now she wants to ensure that their legacy has a more local focus..

by bird - African Stories Agency

Fashion & Beauty

Rihanna Charms Africa with Fenty as SA Men Lead in Grooming

Rihanna's Africa launch of her luxury beauty line is no accident; grooming is big business and men's grooming is where it's at.... male beauty parlours springing up across the continent, are adding to a multi-billion-dollar sector fuelled by increasing awareness about personal care and hygiene.

by bird - African Stories Agency May 18, 2022May 27, 2022

Art & Culture Fiction & Poetry

Antjie Krog and the role of the poet in South Africa’s public life

This year Antjie Krog turns 70 and her passions and commitments, forged in the 1970s, show no waning. For decades she has represented the important role that a poet can play in public life in a fractured country.

by The Conversation May 7, 2022May 6, 2022

Art & Culture Music & Film

‘From Cape to Cairo’ and Beyond: Netflix to Showcase African Talent as Part of African Month Celebrations

Netflix, the world’s leading streaming service is showcasing African talent and stories to its subscribers around the world through a collection dubbed ‘From Cape to Cairo’ which was launched on May 1 this week, as part of the Africa Month celebrations.

by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa May 5, 2022May 5, 2022

Sports

Sport Matters, It Has The Power To Help People

Sport can help create a sense of unity between fans, both in a geographic and cultural meaning. When communities come together, great things can happen. Sport offers an essential sense of belonging to fans.

by Sisi Afrika Magazine - April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

Art & Culture Visual Art

The Case of the Modern Male African Comedian

This phenomenon, of men conveniently being women, to capture the profits of content creation is becoming rampant among African content creators, and specifically Kenyan content creators, but why the proliferation of negative stereotyping?

by Maureen Nyarinda April 20, 2022April 22, 2022

Art & Culture Sports

FIFA Launches FIFA+, A Free Football Streaming Service

And this week, FIFA noted that it was excited to announce the launch of FIFA+, a world-class digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love, for free. Launched on Tuesday, this week at FIFA Headquarters, FIFA+ delivers live domestic league games from around the globe, match stats, the greatest archive in international football, premium original content, immersive global storytelling, and much more.

by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa April 16, 2022April 16, 2022

Art & Culture Music & Film

2022 Grammys: What Fela Kuti Has to do with West Africa’s Growing Pop Fame

It is interesting to observe the dissemination of Fela’s legacy in the form of the varied work of his numerous musical children many of whom pay direct homage to him by copious sampling and outright imitation.

by The Conversation April 5, 2022April 16, 2022

African Cultural Knowledge Art & Culture

Timbuktu Archives Placed Online are only a Sliver of West Africa’s Ancient Archive

West Africa’s manuscript culture evolved, for the most part, outside any state system. In the absence of a central authority, juridical matters were dispensed by local legal scholars who could cite precedent, case law, to resolve thorny problems.

by The Conversation April 4, 2022April 3, 2022

Art & Culture Fashion & Beauty

Crochet “Queen” Wins African Kids’ Hearts With Safe, Relatable, Washable Toys

It started out as a way to clothe her infant son but today, Queen Uwabuofu's crocheted creations are the core of an international toy business

by bird - African Stories Agency March 29, 2022March 27, 2022

Art & Culture Music & Film

Octopizzo: An Ever-Present Force in Kenya’s Hip Hop Culture

In my mind, Octopizzo was like Lex Luther, but in the rap world. Or like Fifty Cent, who is the biggest villain in the US rap scene. In contrast, I saw Khaligraph as the hero, the kid who survives in the world through grit, guts, and wits.

by Eric Rugara January 19, 2022January 19, 2022