Africa Archives - Trebuchet

Uzo Egonu, Stateless People an artist with beret, 1981

Whither Nigerian Modernism?

09/07/2025

Tate Modern to host massive exhibition of Nigerian Modernism...

Abe Odedina: Magical Realism Across Borders at the British Art Fair

11/10/2024

SOLO Contemporary Artist Award 2024 awarded to Son of the Soil (2024) at this year’s British Art Fair...

Carrying life: Motherhood and Water in Malawi

13/03/2023

A review of Laura El-Tantawy's photographic exhibition...

Courting the Forest of History

25/08/2021

Interview with mixed-media artist Gerald Chukwuma on Eve of his exhibition Eclipse of the Scrolls. ...

Ken Nwandiogbu ‘Contemporealism’

26/09/2019

Hyper real painting is given a contemporary African twist at The Brick Lane gallery with a show of work by Ken Nwadiogbu....

Moroccan Pop: Hassan Hajjaj

13/04/2017

Moroccan Roll: Hassan Hajjaj blends US, Arabic and London imagery in a pop art approach that is all his own...

No Rain, No Rivers Flow? Ethiopia to Benefit from Climate Change

16/10/2016

Climate change may help Ethiopia, and increase the country's access to water ...

Sub Saharan Sexual Satisfaction Shocker

26/08/2016

Sub-Saharan Africans satisfied with their sex lives; 18 percent rate them a perfect 10 ...

Sand, Solitude, Space. Zakaria Wakrim: Amarg (Photography)

22/07/2016

Zakaria Wakim's photography encounters the heart of solitude in the Sahara desert...

The 700 Year Old Farming Method that may Mitigate Climate Chaos

18/06/2016

Once again, science catches up with what traditional cultures knew all along...

Dining out on Legba’s Feast (Vodun, The Lexington)

09/05/2016

More than soulful, Vodun are spiritual. The heavy psych trio shift paradigms at the Lexington...

Are you Ready for 11 Billion? World Population – Soon.

12/08/2015

The primary driver of global population growth is a projected increase in the population of Africa. ...

The Stoned Pygmy Story You Didn’t See Coming

04/06/2015

The researchers noted that cannabis might not be the only recreational drug that protects against parasites....

Did Ebola Come From Bats?

31/12/2014

The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa may have originated from contact between humans and virus-infected bats...

Terry Riley and Africa Express at Tate Modern [Film]

23/11/2014

Tate Modern and Africa Express present Terry Riley’s In C Mali is released online on 27 November at The Space...

Julian Bahula [African National Congress] : Interview

03/11/2014

When Julian Bahula tells you music contains the power of revolution, that it is “a weapon for the struggle,” you believe him....

Images of Africa

30/07/2014

Images of Africa. Jyoti Bindu steers wide of the politics and brings the pictures....

Staff Benda Bilili : Union Chapel

29/07/2014

The music they play is infectious – danceable, catchy, beautiful to listen to. Put them in a stunning building in North London and what could go wrong?...

A poster for Shangaan Electro and The Bug at Koko

Shangaan Electro / The Bug : Koko

05/03/2014

KOKO London will transform into an eclectic cocktail of deep Bass music from The Bug, combined with rapid style rhythms and soulful vocal chorus’ from Nozinja aka Shangaan electro ...

Street Studio Woodstock © Alexia Webster

Art of Peace : Artraker Award Winners

02/10/2013

In conflict, art and creativity can counter some of the media’s shortcomings in communicating the horrors of war and oppression, and remind us of the need to turn our attention, instead, to peace....

Democracy and Dubai Shopping Trips ; An Academic in Africa

26/02/2013

I would suggest that the fear of violent reprisal, or the knowledge that casting your vote made no difference because the seat had already been bought would lead some to conclude that they were not...

London Afrobeat Collective : Floradita [Gig]

23/02/2013

All of the musicians are superb, they’re tight as hell, and they write and play great songs. And with the number of baritone sax solos on offer, I leave a very happy man. ...

Fire in the Blood [Film]

20/02/2013

A healthcare industry that is allowed to continue monopolising the world will see many more needless deaths, all in the name of indifference and bottom dollar...

Salif Keita : Talé

01/02/2013

Salif Keita 's voice is outside of time, although steeped in place(s). If you wish to call someone, he once stated, call them with music. In present-day Mali, that's got to be worth a try....

Perps and Papers: An Academic in Africa

17/01/2013

A lot of unhappy rumbling, and us standing around trying to look as serious and threatening as we possibly could. ...

Moustaches and Marking: An Academic in Africa

08/01/2013

Saharan dust that turns the air a shade of orange and covers everything (including the inside of your lungs) in a thick layer of grit. And the sunsets are amazing. ...

Fanga & Maalem Abdullah Guinea: Fangnawa Experience

06/12/2012

…. by the third track, the constituent elements meld into a sound that is properly danceable, and moreover, distinctive. Fangnawa Experience by Fanga & Maalem Abdullah ...

Too Much Monkey Business

26/09/2012

Eleven defining cultural moments featuring gorillas. SWP reports on the City of London's Great Gorilla Run ...

Big Boys Gone Bananas* [Film]

20/09/2012

Back in 2009 director Frederik Gertten was scheduled to premiere his latest film at the LA Film Festival. Called simply Bananas, it dealt with alleged abuses suffered by Nicaraguan workers who worked...

Hot as Hell, But Where’s the Hottest?

14/09/2012

"This investigation demonstrates that, because of continued improvements in meteorology and climatology, researchers can now reanalyze past weather records in much more detail and with greater...

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