Rwanda’s farms are increasingly connected to phones, digital finance, satellite mapping and data services. In a country where small plots dominate the rural…
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African award shows have become major fashion stages, where film stars, musicians, presenters and designers use clothing to tell stories about identity,…
TikTok challenges have become a powerful cultural language for young people across Africa. A dance routine, comedy format, fashion prompt or short audio clip…
Luxury is gaining a new vocabulary. Across fashion, jewellery, beauty, interiors and hospitality, African designers and founders are building labels that…
The Serengeti stretching endlessly beneath a sky the colour of bruised plums, a lioness yawning in the golden grass, the snow-capped dome of Kilimanjaro…
A snare drum rolls into a syncopated groove. A chant rises in Pidgin English: "Zombie no go go, unless you tell am to go, go." Within seconds, listeners…
For decades, skateboarding was perceived as an American pastime defined by sun-baked Californian suburbs. A new wave of boarders across Lagos, Nairobi,…
Music can move the body before the mind has decided to respond. A bassline arrives, the head nods, a foot taps, and within seconds a listener may be swaying or…
African art is moving through the international art world with growing confidence, appearing in major galleries, museum programmes, biennales, online viewing…
Africa’s fashion conversation is being shaped by editors, stylists, photographers and digital creators who understand that clothing carries history, identity…