Review: A World of Masks by The Heliocentrics (Soundway Records)
Sometimes a record really surprises you and surpasses your expectations. I’ve been digging Malcom Catto and The Heliocentrics for a few years now but…
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Theatre Review: ‘Custody’ by Urban Wolf & Tom Wainwright @ The Oval Theatre
Brian, a young man of Nigerian descent, is killed by the police following what was supposed to be a ‘routine’ stop and search. The…
Theatre Review: ‘New Nigerians’ by Oladipo Agboluaje @ The Arcola Theatre, London
Greatness Ogholi (Patrice Naiambana) is a rare political creature. A veteran Nigerian socialist tired of the self-serving political elite, he announces his intentions…
2016 – A retrospective
Hello dear reader, 2016 is drawing to a close and it’s been memorable year to say the least, and whilst the increasing lean to…
Theatre Review: ‘They Drink it in the Congo’ by Adam Brace
Professional do-gooder Stefanie Cartwright (Fiona Button) is trying to organise an awareness-raising event about the dire socio-political situation in the DRC. ‘Trying’ being…
Event Review: Africa Utopia @ the Southbank Centre: ‘The Mandela Trilogy’
For the uninitiated, a night at the opera can be an intimidating prospect. This might well remain the case even with an accessible…
Theatre Review: ‘Counting Stars’ by Atiha Sen Gupta @ The Theatre Royal Stratford East
Nigerian immigrants Abiodun (Lanre Malaolu) and Sophie (Estelle Daniels) are a chalk’n’cheese couple working as lavatory attendants at Paradise, a South London nightclub. It’s…
Film Review: Timbuktu
By Tola Ositelu Pan-African Jihadists descend on a peaceful village in the Malian capital, disrupting the lives of the hard-working inhabitants. African and Arab…
Film Review: Samba
By Tola Ositelu Senegalese illegal immigrant Samba Cissé (Omar Sy) is trying to regularise his stay in France after being picked up by the…
Theatre Review: ‘My Children! My Africa!’ by Athol Fugard @ The Tristan Bates, London
By Tola Ositelu 1984, South Africa. Impoverished but promising 18-year old student Thami Mbakwena (Nathan Ives-Moiba) finds a kindred spirit in Isabel Dyson (Rose…