When the notification lands in my inbox for a screening of independent Afro-Belgian filmmaker Rita Afonso’s documentary, The Rift Between Us, there’s no question of
Ghana-born, Ghent-based musician and dancer Nana Osei Twum Barima appears to be a rather elusive sort. I’m intrigued by his story, pivoting from a career
Laurène Southe is a Congolese writer and activist based in Vienna, Austria. As a teenager she joined the Vienna African Writers Club at the University
‘…This film is about unlearning imposed standards and reclaiming our African identity — strand by strand…’— Kwaku Sikahene-Adarkwa, Director After a lengthy gestation period, the
‘… We who have been colonised can never forget…’ (p.161, My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria by Andrée Blouin. Reissued by Verso Books,
Nestled in an arcade in central Brussels, the chic, classic-style Cinema Aventure is full to bursting. Forget standing-room early. Folk are camping out on the
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