For most of Black television’s history, there has been an unspoken border running down the middle of the Atlantic. American shows got the marketing budgets and the award conversations. African productions got filed under “international” and left in a corner of the app, watched mostly by people who already knew to look for them.
Summer brought the heat. I hope you did not melt. Let us soldier on and soak up the final rays of sunshine, the last kiss of summer, if you will — with these low-cost or free fun events.
The exhibition traces 125 years of Black music-making in Britain and explores how Black musical creativity has transformed British culture while influencing audiences around the world.
Someone once said that everything magical happens between June and August. From back-to-school community gatherings to cool jazz concerts, we hope you find the magic of August in these (low-cost or free) events, as summer takes its final stand.
In a final that will be remembered as one of the defining moments in African women’s football, Cameroon defeated Malawi 3–0 in Rabat, Morocco, to win their first-ever WAFCON title.
The weather is not the only thing that is hot. So are the wide mix of events in hip and historical Philadelphia. From Jon Batiste to LeBron James, check out the movies, concerts, history tours, and neighborhood block parties galore!
You know that feeling when you open Netflix and, before you know it, you have been scrolling for close to an hour in search of something interesting to watch, only to end up on a comfort show you have already watched twice? If that sounds familiar, welcome to the club. We have all been there before, but you don’t have to go through that this summer.
South Africa’s Reed Dance Festival is an ancient tradition of the Swazi and Zulu people known as the Umkhosi womhlanga, or the Zulu Reed Dance.
Check this out: A recent British study found that arts and cultural activities can improve your health and well-being. Yes, it even noted that cultural enrichment slows aging. It found that folks who attended museums, concerts, movies, plays, and other cultural activities at least once every few months were physiologically younger than those who did not by about 3 years.
African teams have turned international and national competitions into cultural archives, places where tradition, music, and team spirit blend into something unforgettable. Every now and then, a team arrives and reminds us that football is not only about tactics and scorelines, but also about joy, identity, and culture.
