Best of Culture 2025
2025 was the year African culture stopped explaining itself. The shift was visible
Best of Music 2025
In July 2024, a Nigerian comedian named Brain Jotter posted a dance video to a song released in 1983. Within
Best of Art 2025
For decades, African art occupied a provisional space in global institutions—collected but rarely centered, exhibited but seldom historicized on its own
Best of Fashion 2025
African fashion in 2025 was defined by intention. Across runways, campaigns, museums, and community spaces,
Nuits Balnéaires Awarded Second Latitudes Grant from Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Ivorian artist Nuits Balnéaires has been named the 2025 laureate of Latitudes, an international photography programme from
Detty December’s Economic Power and Growing Divide
Detty December has returned, and across West Africa, cities like Lagos and Accra are preparing
In Justyna Obasi’s “Ritual”, Boys Learn to Tend to Themselves
Berlin-based, Polish-Nigerian director Justyna Obasi has spent the last decade making images that feel like
Trend Report: Dakar Fashion Week 2025
Dakar Fashion Week’s 24th edition ran three days across three venues
“Who Is MOWAA Really For?”: A Critical Commentary on a Museum Caught Between Promise and Power
The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), founded in 2020 and envisioned as one of the most ambitious
Holiday Gifting and Wear: Kwasi Paul
Kwasi Paul is named for the space between two places. Samuel Boakye,