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Features & Essays

Enugu Photo Festival
Enugu Photo Festival: Architectural Ruins and the Death of Preservation
Perliks
How Perliks Became Nigeria’s Most Story-Driven Music Video Director
reading
How Should We Read? Akpata Magazine and the Reading Debate
The Milkmaid
The Cuts of Speaking Truth in Nigerian Cinema
Wizkid
How Wizkid Redefined Nigeria’s Sonic Landscape With “Made In Lagos”
beef
Has Nigerian Hip-Hop Found Its Mojo Again?

Interviews

Amel Guellaty
“Making a Film Anywhere in Africa Is a Struggle”: In Conversation With Tunisian Filmmaker, Amel Guellaty, Director of “Where the Wind Comes From”
Uche Okonkwo
“Readers Will Bring All Kinds of Meaning to Your Work”: Uche Okonkwo, In Conversation with Afrocritik
Idowu Odeyemi
Idowu Odeyemi’s New Theory of Disgust: He Thinks What You Say Can Be Disgusting
Loud Urban Choir
Loud Urban Choir Is Redefining Choral Music in Afro-Pop
Amelia Songs
Billboard-Honoured Lawyer, Akinyemi Ayinoluwa, Talks Music Law, African Excellence, and Creative Rights
Blinky Bill
Blinky Bill: East Africa’s Quiet Radical

Film & TV

Dian Weys
Tribeca Festival 2026: In Conversation with Dian Weys on “Vultures”, Capitalism, and Moral Responsibility in the Aftermath of Violence
Ìwé Àlà
“Ìwé Àlà: An Ojude Oba Story” Review: Adeoluwa Owu Captures the Ojude Oba Beautifully But Surrounds It With a Story That Can’t Keep Up
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
In Conversation with Saïd Hamich Benlarbi on His Cannes-Selected Docu-Drama, “In Search of the Grey Bird with Green Stripes”
Mohammed Taher
Tribeca Film Festival 2026: Mohamed Taher Talks Fatherhood, Vulnerability, and the Conversations We Avoid in “32B”
African films
10 African Films About Brotherhood and Male Friendship
Jail Time Records
Tribeca Film Festival 2026: “Jail Time Records” Turns a Cameroonian Prison Into the Most Unlikely Stage in the World

Music

I Am Bigger
“I Am Bigger” Review: DarkoVibes Misses The Mark with New Album
Never Thought I Could (Part 1)
“Never Thought I Could (Part 1)” Review: Lloyiso’s Artistry Uplifts on Debut Album
spotlight
Afrocritik’s Music Spotlight: Big Emotions
royalties
Royalties 101: How Music Actually Makes Money
Love Stray
“Love Stray” Review: Brilliant Braye Strikes Again With Expressive New EP
Jubed
Jubed Is Expanding the Sound and Vision of Ghanaian Pop
Afrocritik Report - 2026 2025-01

VIDEOS

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Books

Cursed Daughters
“Cursed Daughters” Review: Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Sophomore Novel Explores Superstition, Matrilineage, and Intergenerational Trauma
Will This Be A Problem? The Anthology: Issue V
“Will This Be a Problem? The Anthology: Issue V” Review: Speculative Cartographies Map the New African Imagination
Dilemma of an Outcast
“Dilemma of an Outcast” Review: Anih Emeka’s Debut Novel Interrogates Bigotry but Falters in Its Attempt at Storytelling
How to Get Rid of Ants
The Many Pleasures in Absurdity: A Review of Jesutomisin Ipinmoye’s “How to Get Rid of Ants”
Bitter Honey
“Bitter Honey” Review: Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström Explores Generational Trauma and Its Effect on Matrilineal Connection
A Meal Is a Meal
“A Meal Is a Meal” Review: Nnamdi Anyadu’s Collection Serves a Balanced Plate of Pleasures

Culture

Nigeria Cinema Day
Nigeria Cinema Day and the Marketing Hurdles Holding Back Nollywood
Protest against gender-based violence
Addressing a Widespread Crisis: Gender-Based Violence in Kenyan Sports and Beyond
A Visitor in If Hives Could Dance in Colours exhibition
Kingsley Ayogu’s “If Hives Could Dance in Colours” Is a Poetic Exploration of Life and Memory
Chidimma Adetshina
Xenophobia Blues and the South African Complex: Is the Dangerous Politics of Nazism on the Rise Again?
Grime, Glory & Afropop
Wonu Osikoya Documents Afrobeats History From a Fresh Perspective With “Grime, Glory & Afropop”
Panel discussion at the second edition of the Umuofia Arts and Book Festival
Art, Culture, and Community: The Spirit of the Second Edition of the Umuofia Arts and Books Festival

Fashion

AMVCA

AMVCA 2026: The Best Celebrity Red Carpet Looks of the Night

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Met Gala

Met Gala 2026: How African Celebrities Showed Up on Fashion’s Biggest Stage

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Grammy
2026 Grammy Awards: How African Celebrities Brought the Fashion Heat to the Red Carpet
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AMVCA
2025 AMVCA: How the Stars Lit up the Night With Style
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AMVCA Cultural Day
10 Celebrities Who Slayed the 2025 AMVCA Cultural Day
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Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards

Sports

Protest against gender-based violence
Addressing a Widespread Crisis: Gender-Based Violence in Kenyan Sports and Beyond
2024 Paralympic Games
2024 Paralympics: How African Nations Fared at the Paris Games
Newly-appointed Super Eagles' coach, Bruno Labbadia
Super Eagles and the Foreign Coach Conundrum: A Step Forward or Backward?
An Egyptian Paralympic weightlifter
Paralympics 2024: Can Egypt Get Back to Winning Gold in Paris?
Tobi Amusan representing Nigeria at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Nigeria’s Paris 2024 Olympic Failure: Who’s to Blame?
Paris 2024 Men's Football: Egypt vs Morocco
Egypt vs. Morocco Preview: North African Rivals Face off for 2024 Paris Olympic Football Bronze

Explainers

Fiction & Poetry

two poems
Two Poems | By Excel Chinagorom Michael
Three poems
Three Poems | By Victor Chịmbọ
Three Poems | By Salama Wainaina
three poems
Three Poems | By Emmanuel Somtochukwu Ferdinand
conversation with strangers
Conversations With Strangers | Fiction By Lydia Mutuku Nzilani
Three poems
Three Poems | By Muheez Olawale