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I played the lead in a film that took just 48 hours to make as part of an international competition.
Sean Cameron Michael plays the villain Jeremiah Mills in the movie Masinga The Calling
Multi-Grammy award-winning Winehouse died in 2011 aged 27 of alcohol poisoning after a very public, drug-driven downward spiral
The remastered version of the movie made three decades ago is out and as relevant as ever
From the music to the plot, ‘The Photograph’ is a refreshing take on two people falling in love
The Bookshop may not have all the answers about literature’s role in society, but it raises the questions
Debbie Berman set her sights high on Hollywood and her tenacity has paid off with ‘Black Panther’
Lee rose through the ranks to become a comics writer — making millions of superhero fans dream of his fantastic universes
Uganda, Wakanda…it’s an easy mistake to make
A review of ‘Ponti’ by Sharlene Teo
Over and over old tropes are trotted our in films, with modern and “civilised” always triumphing. But what is the new definition of “civilised”?
Nightshade might seem nothing more than a prop in the film but she is more than she appears to be
‘I don’t think I have a cooking style yet; I’m still figuring myself out’
It has awoken in me a sense of pride and dignity I had no idea I had lost from all those many years of being erased in international public discourse
It’s a genre that can’t exist without the spectre of blackness. Black Panther gets this
What makes Kwezi special is the fact that, in the comic’s creation, they get to draw from the cultural terrain of South Africa
"Soundtracks are not scores. At best, they are marketing gimmicks with a pretence at a soul".
Black Panther might depict a fantasy of the continent but the its contribution to black geekdom remains important
"In the absence of living on a piece of land with my extended family… I yearn for this kind of connection in my modern life".
