Plus Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui outkicks the defending champion in New York, AFRIFF puts 23 African features on screen, and Wizkid, Tems and Asake land on Apple Music’s best songs of 2026.
Plus Cynthia Erivo takes Wicked to LagOz on SNL UK, Nairobi’s NBO Film Festival names its winners, Cape Town hosts FAME Week Africa, and Victor Ehikhamenor makes his fiction debut with Central Hotel.
Plus AKAA opens in Paris, Film Africa kicks off in London, and Zambia wins its first Absa L’Atelier prize.
Plus Zanele Muholi wins the Hasselblad Award, Tyla launches a scholarship and Absa L’Atelier names four winners.
Plus Anok Yai dominates SS27, Theresa Ikoko’s Girls heads to the Young Vic, Tobe Nwigwe connects Houston and Nigeria, and Soulja takes Sudan’s sound global.
Plus Nigeria turns 66, Dave had Pretoria singing every bar, the Jali Collective brings African cinema to Edinburgh, and Nelson Freitas announces a Lisbon arena show.
Plus, three African writers are longlisted for the National Book Awards, and the African Futures Institute gets a new headquarters in Accra.
Plus, the NAACP Image Awards adds 10 new African categories, My Father's Shadow heads to Netflix, and Daniel Umemezie is named US National Youth Poet Laureate.
Plus Charlotte Mensah gets a London exhibition, Thara Popoola wins a major screenwriting prize, and Zohran Mamdani hosts NYC's first African Heritage reception.
Plus, the 2026 Caine Prize shortlist is out, Blessing Musariri is the only African finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and Olamide Olowe steps down as CEO of Topicals.
Plus, Nigeria ends its decade-long Nike partnership for a record-breaking $8.5m Adidas deal, Nnedi Okorafor is longlisted for the Glass Bell Award, and Tyla joins Bruno Mars on tour.
Plus Ticketmaster enters East Africa, Polygon builds Lagos's answer to Soho House, and Tems and Ayra Starr deliver unforgettable sets at All Points East 2026.
Elvira Dyangani Ose is appointed Artistic Director of Zeitz MOCAA, Ayra Starr's Starrgirl gets its flowers, and Afrobeats finds its soul in 2026.
Ten African productions land in the TIFF 2026 lineup; Mzansi Bass Reimagines Black Rave Music; Chigozie Obioma's producer debut becomes Nollywood's highest-grossing film of 2026.
Toheeb Jimoh and Dujonna Gift lead the BBC's adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water, Aya Nakamura joins Davido's sixth album and Asake's M$NEY concert film lands on Spotify.
Plus Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui outkicks the defending champion in New York, AFRIFF puts 23 African features on screen, and Wizkid, Tems and Asake land on Apple Music’s best songs of 2026.
Plus Cynthia Erivo takes Wicked to LagOz on SNL UK, Nairobi’s NBO Film Festival names its winners, Cape Town hosts FAME Week Africa, and Victor Ehikhamenor makes his fiction debut with Central Hotel.
From Nollywood rituals to Moroccan monsters and restless spirits in Dakar, these films offer plenty of reasons to leave the lights on.
From Cape Town’s early appearances to Accra’s two entries in 2026, a look at the African bars that have earned a place in the global ranking.
Plus AKAA opens in Paris, Film Africa kicks off in London, and Zambia wins its first Absa L’Atelier prize.
From gallery booths in Lagos and Marrakech to public art in Accra and Kampala, these gatherings offer different ways to meet the continent’s artists and understand the worlds they are making.
