Tolerence & Humility, Brooding Letters to Nigeria
Ever since I can recall, road travel has terrified me. It may have something to do with the grotesque scenes of road accidents splayed in the papers. Back in the 1990s, that was…
Together in the Picture
John Peffer scans the photographic styles that image a black South African self outside the Apartheid frames of negation, negativity and separation. Senyane Boshielo holding her wedding portrait, produced by Alpheus Gwangwa…
Thought Structures, Deconstructing a Ugandan State of Mind
How one Ugandan poet, Peter Kagayi, is surviving the literary desert one step at a time. It is a thwarting affair to talk about ‘Ugandan writing’, a domain infamously described by Ugandan-Sudanese poet…
Typography + Language + Writing Systems = Afrikan Alphabets
I am quick to confess that I am an easy sell-out to a top piece of print, yet at times this has been thwarted by unresolved issues that I hold with the graphic…
Nii Obodai | What Happened to Our Dream of Independence
Opening the pages of Who Knows Tomorrow, one is presented with stark and compassionate portraits, hazy silhouettes and distant landscapes. A variance in light, the adjustment of the lens so that the frame…
Folorunsho, An Abundant Concept
The more you give the more you get! Whenever you share with others you realise how much you have. When you give, you feel rich. We want to share with you all we…
