Design Week Lagos Turns 10, Orchestra Baobab Return, Okiki Akinfe Wins Frieze Prize
Plus AKAA opens in Paris, Film Africa kicks off in London, and Zambia wins its first Absa L’Atelier prize.
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IShowSpeed Brings Ghana to the Big Screen, F1 Returns to Africa, 1-54 Turns to the Modernists
Plus Zanele Muholi wins the Hasselblad Award, Tyla launches a scholarship and Absa L’Atelier names four winners.
Rachel Ojuromi Walks for Chanel, Simbarashe Wins the Caine Prize, Burna Boy Hosts GTA 6’s FM
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.
King Promise Drops the Chelsea Anthem, Bloody Civilian Joins Tyla, Bisila Noha Wins Big
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.
Black Market Breaks a Guinness World Record, Dear Ajayi Wins at Venice, Onalaja Rises at London Fashion Week
Plus, three African writers are longlisted for the National Book Awards, and the African Futures Institute gets a new headquarters in Accra.
Mowalola x Jordan Drop, Ugo Ugochukwu Wins F3, Burna Boy Headlines NFL Paris
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.