Culture & Art @ Izuba

My mother's buried story- Africa is a Country

Africa is a Country — 2026-06-04T16:40:33Z

AI tools are built on Eurocentric datasets. For Brazil’s Afro-descendants — whose histories were already marginalised from literature, academia, and media — it poses the threat of industrial-scale erasure. @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

Frames of reference- Africa is a Country

Africa is a Country — 2026-06-04T02:30:25Z

At the 61st Venice Biennale, the late Koyo Kouoh’s decolonial vision shaped a landmark exhibition, even as questions of representation, solidarity, and cultural authority continued to haunt the African pavilions. @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

The three biggest stories in African music right now- Africanhiphop

Africanhiphop — 2026-05-31T21:30:21Z

Yo, fee, fi, fo, fum, something irreversible just happened. African music - Afrobeats, Amapiano, hip-hop, and all the crazy fusions in between - has gone way past the “emerging” phase. It’s straight-up dominating now. Three big moments from the start of 2026 show exactly how deep it’s running. @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

The ten biggest rappers in Africa right now- Africanhiphop

Africanhiphop — 2026-05-25T22:40:45Z

The old divisions are gone. West Africa used to have its Afrobeats lane and South Africa had its rap scene, but those borders don’t hold anymore. African hip-hop in 2026 moves on its own terms. It’s raw, multilingual, and impossible to ignore. From Lagos to Paris clubs, London nights, and (…) @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

Rethinking the Interpretative Limits of Theatre for Development and the Politics of Nation-Building in Post-Socialist Tanzania- Mambo !

Mambo ! — 2026-05-25T09:37:52Z

Stanley ELIAS, Mambo!, no. 111, 2026. This article rethinks the interpretation of Theatre for Development (TfD) in Tanzania, particularly in relation to its role in nation-building during what I term the “post-socialist” period. Whereas dominant frameworks have positioned TfD as simply a form of (…) @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

Sehemu ya #5. ‘Kura ni alama ya maendeleo' : Kuahidi maendeleo Zanzibar kupitia kampeni zilizotawaliwa na mabango ya kisiasa- Mambo !

Mambo ! — 2026-05-07T13:17:13Z

Marie-Aude FOUÉRÉ, Nicodemus MINDE, Mambo!, no. 110, 2026. Katika uchaguzi wa Zanzibar wa mwaka 2025, maendeleo haikuashiria tu ‘maendeleo’—yalitumika kama teknolojia ya kisiasa (political technology) ambayo kupitia kwayo CCM (Chama cha Mapinduzi) ilijaribu kugeuza miundombinu kuwa uhalali wa (…) @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

The JRB Fiction Issue ! (Vol. 9, Issue 3, December 2025)- JRB

JRB — 2025-12-15T09:32:23Z

Wamuwi Mbao • Makhosazana Xaba • Simon van Schalkwyk • Khadija Tracey Heeger • Sean Jacobs • Barbara Boswell •... @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

‘A reluctant, complicated love story spanning the globe and a myriad natural disasters'—Barbara Boswell reviews Ice Shock by Elleke Boehmer- JRB

JRB — 2025-12-15T09:30:23Z

Barbara Boswell reviews Elleke Boehmer’s Ice Shock, a novel saturated with extremes of love and increasingly calamitous climate events. Ice... @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

THAT ART FAIR- ArtThrob

ArtThrob — 2015-02-24T12:46:00Z

THAT ART FAIR is Cape Town’s new landmark art event, taking place alongside Design Indaba and Cape Town Art Fair. THAT ART FAIR is an inspired, curated and affordable art fair event providing a platform for African artists who work under the radar of the traditional art establishment and who do (…) @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

GUILD Design Fair 2015- ArtThrob

ArtThrob — 2015-02-24T12:22:00Z

More than just a fair for beautiful objects, GUILD represents the coming together of dedicated, focused curators, designers and institutions who are striving to preserve and provoke exceptional, groundbreaking design. GUILD will introduce highly respected design authorities and work from Africa, (…) @Izuba - Culture & Art / Mediarezo

Africa is not a country- Arts in Africa

Arts in Africa — 2013-02-21T10:36:00Z

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Africa : A continent or a country- Arts in Africa

Arts in Africa — 2013-02-21T08:09:00Z

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