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Every Autumn, London gets peak arty with Frieze, Moniker and The Other Art Fair – but it’s the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair that I love the most. Taking place from October 6-9, the fair presented more than 40 exhibitors reppin’ for 18 of the 54 countries from the continent (hence the…
I had a whale of a time in Paris last spring, hitting up the usual suspects – shout out to the Louvre! – and eating all the good food. But I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why the Musée du quai Branly fell off my radar: it’s…
This three-day festival of arts and ideas from Africa keeps getting better and better! I only managed to swing by Sunday afternoon, but loved seeing the Chineke! Junior Orchestra in action, as well as folks chowing down on Africa street food, the gorgeous clothing stalls (I need a Vlisco-style wax fabric tee, stat)…
Check out the schedule: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/festivals-series/africa-utopia…
Sooner or later, the Africa Centre’s summer festival will have to find a new home that’s alot more spacious than its current residence in Covent Garden, judging by the hoards that flocked to the free annual this year. With a stellar line-up of musical acts, exhibitions and fashion shows, the 2015 outing…
Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun ambitiously presents a difficult period in Nigerian history through the lives of two privileged sisters and their partners. Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) choose to stay in the newly independent Nigeria during…