“I Cope with the Monsters by Making Fun of Them”: An Interview with Daliso Chaponda
Malawian comic Daliso Chaponda effuses good cheer. Even the timbre of his distinctive speaking voice rings with bonhomie. Few can boast of that.It comes…
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“Moonlight” at Le Café de la Danse, Paris – 3rd February 2018 at 8pm
Could you imagine a world without any toxic lights, without electric energy, a world where the human being would only have fire or storm…
Film Review: I Am Not a Witch
Taciturn orphan Shula (Maggie Malubwa) is hauled before the police in a remote Zambian village, accused of practising witchcraft. The evidence is scant. Owing…
Ayok’a – Afropean Business of The Month, November 2017
By Alice Gbelia Cool art. Printed your way. AYOK’A Meaning ‘welcome’ in a native language of the Ivory Coast, Ayok’a is a new platform…
Ayok’a Deco – Making Black Art Available
Meaning ‘welcome’ in a native language of the Ivory Coast, Ayok’a is a new platform designed to make the work of black artists available…
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…
Neimo Askar: The Science of the Art
Neimo Askar is a 22-year-old London poet who has blessed numerous stages with her visceral writing in a short space of time. Neimo is…
Saraiya Bah – The 21st Century Griot
Afropean’s Tommy Evans exchanges notes on poetry with fellow lyricist Saraiya Bah, one of London’s finest emerging spoken word artists. As a poet, writer…