The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has traditionally been a hospitable place for a wide selection of African cinema to debut. Over the years, films like Dieudo Hamadi’s Downstream to Kinshasa and Jahmil X.T. Qubeka’s Sew the Winter to My…
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10 African Documentary Films You Should Check Out
For its 24th edition, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, running from June 23 to July 3, returns to physical locations in Johannesburg and Cape Town for the first time in two years. OkayAfrica took a deep dive into…
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10 African Films That Deal With Protest Culture & History
Around the world, Nigerians in the diaspora have picked up the mantle of protesting peacefully against police brutality and violence. These gatherings are a direct extension of the nationwide protests that were brought to a tragic halt in Lagos after…
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‘The Last Tree’ Is a Complex Exploration of the Life of a Young, British-Nigerian Man
The Last Tree, directed by British-Nigerian director, Shola Amoo, is the semi-autobiographical story of Femi, a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after being fostered in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner-city London to live with his birth mother. In his…
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Jahëna Louisin’s Debut Short Film, ‘28 jours,’ is an Homage to Black Fatherhood
“Cinema Africa” is your guide to African film. Writer Ciku Kimeria is highlighting new movies and documentaries that tell fascinating stories or questioning prevailing narratives and occasionally returning to the classics that paved the way for a new generation of…
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Kayode Kasum’s Quarantine Watchlist
Kayode Kasum, like most filmmakers, has been stagnated by the coronavirus pandemic. The director behind the blockbuster Sugar Rush and the critically acclaimed Oga Bolaji was working on the post-production of his upcoming movies, The Fate of Alakada: Party Planner…
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Kenya Upholds Ban on Groundbreaking Lesbian Romance Film ‘Rafiki’
A screening ban on the award-winning Kenyan film, Rafiki, has been upheld in the country. The High Court of Kenya ruled that the ban by the Kenya Film Classification Board on the 2018 film, “does not in any way violate…
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In Conversation with Djimon Hounsou
By Adaora Oramah For anyone who saw the 1997 movie Amistad, the memory that remains years later is of a young Djimon Honsou, radiant in the role of Cinqué, a captured Mende tribesman from Sierra Leone who led a revolt…
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Blitz the Ambassador Named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
Ghanaian filmmaker Blitz Bazawule, also known as Blitz the Ambassador has been named a 2020 Guggenheim fellow. The musician, artist and director behind he critically acclaimed film The Burial of Kojo, announced the news via social media on Thursday, writing:…
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‘Dhalinyaro’ Is the Female Coming-of-Age Story Bringing Djibouti’s Film Industry to Life
If you’re having a tough time recalling the last movie you watched from Djibouti, it’s likely because you have never watched one before. With an almost non-existent film industry in the country, Lula Ali Ismaïl, tells a beautiful coming of…
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