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Sona Jobarteh on the Kora, Education and the Work Beyond Music

The Gambian kora player discusses the tradition behind her instrument, The Gambia Academy and why music accounts for only a small part of the work she does.

BY Fareedat Taofeeq

Sona Jobarteh performing with the kora, the instrument associated with her family’s jeli tradition and the musical career that has taken her to audiences around the world.
Zoey Martinson, writer-director of The Fisherman, which premiered at the 81st Venice Film Festival

Zoey Martinson’s “The Fisherman” Captures Ghana’s Coastal Beauty Through Magical Storytelling

From Venice to Ghana to Silicon Valley, Zoey Martinson’s debut film The Fisherman proves that African cinema can blend comedy, fantasy, and cultural depth—captivating global audiences and redefining genre expectations.

BY Fareedat Taofeeq

Souleymane Cissé: “Our Cinema Must Aim at the Development of Africa.”

Malian filmmaker reflected on a lifetime of pushing African cinema towards its destined transformation just days before his passing.

BY Fareedat Taofeeq

Robert Whitehead using a magnifying glass over an atlas

Robert Whitehead’s Head in the Stars, and Feet on the Ground

Many folks will remember him as “Barker Haines,” the devious entrepreneur in Isidingo, South Africa’s soap opera (1998 – 2020). Beyond his infamous character on television, a close encounter with him is colorfully hilarious.

BY Suzy Bernstein

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Sara Blecher: Tracking Old Photographs and Championing Safe Sets

Film freezes a period in celluloid. However, an uncoordinated intimate scene could leave a psychological scar.

BY Suzy Bernstein

Gould Still Awakening Minds with Theater

This is her ethos: “Recognition is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.”

BY Suzy Bernstein

Fenced In? Tumisho Masha Leads as Play Explores Dimensions of Fences

As it is in America, so is it in South Africa.

BY Suzy Bernstein

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