Sisi Afrika Magazine

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

Art & Culture Music & Film

Benga’s Journey from East Africa, to Zimbabwe, and the Dance Floors of Colombia

Benga arrived in Colombia after Osman Torregrosa, a businessman of picó dances in Barranquilla who, looking for music, had gone to Aruba and Bonaire, then Martinique, Suriname, New York and Paris to look for music that would cause a sensation, for a sound that was modern and traditional at the same time. In Colombia, Benga is known as ‘música rastrillo’.

by Barbara Wanjala December 8, 2021January 12, 2022

Art & Culture Book Reviews & Literary Criticism

Book Review: Father Gabriel Dolan’s “Stories of Freedom in A Shackled Society”

Father Gabriel Dolan, a renowned clergy and human rights activist in Kenya, has a new memoir: Undaunted: Stories of Freedom in A Shackled Society, narrating his coming to Kenya in the heat of the 1982 failed coup against President Daniel Moi, his relentless fights for the rights of the oppressed and voiceless in the Kenya. It is a story full of courage, bravery and lessons to upcoming activists seeking to change the state of affairs in their society.

by Barack Oduor November 22, 2021March 26, 2022

Visual Art

Ghana: The Local King of Body Painting Seeks World Recognition

Body painting is a niche art, to say the least. The 100,000 subscribers and millions of views on his Youtube channel suggest that Mawuli Awuku is the king of it. Certainly, in his neck of the woods. Now he is after worldwide recognition.

by Peter Nelee - bird contributor November 19, 2021November 17, 2021