Author: Ewang Johnson
National Trust Images, Matthew HollowViscountess Astor by John Singer Sargent, 1908 (Credit: National Trust Images, Matthew Hollow)The rich, glamorous, American women of the gilded age who married into the English aristocracy faced some challenges – but they were resilient, formidable characters. As TV’s The Buccaneers season two begins, and an exhibition in London is devoted to them, we explore the lives of the women who inspired writers and artists.Can the new Duchess of Tintagel steer clear of scandal? Will her fugitive sister, Jinny, keep her baby from the clutches of her husband, the monstrous Lord Seadown? Can Mabel and Honoria’s…
More than 30 CPD-certified sessions designed to address project delivery, professional standards, resilience and regulatory compliance mandates Four themes across the South Africa Infrastructure & Water Forum host senior leaders and government representatives exploring funding strategies, policy alignment and project execution Infra360 Talks, Water360 Talks and Big 5 Talks to provide practical insights across key industry verticals, spotlighting ethical practices, workforce skills and digital construction. The South African construction market is valued at around $125 billion and the broader infrastructure market at $193 billion (source: AbiQ). As the country gains momentum, showing measurable gains on a challenging 2024, Big 5…
She is Brazil’s most compelling defender of Black feminism. Philosopher, writer and professor Djamila Ribeiro has been instrumental in calling out structural racism and pushing for societal change, be it in publishing or in politics. Ribeiro joins us to talk about her deeply personal book “Letters to my grandmother”, which recounts her own experience as a young woman and reflects upon the socio-political context that her mother and grandmother were navigating in 20th-century Brazil. Ribeiro has used her public platform to boost feminist and anti-racist campaigns, discussing the “speaking place” that each person inhabits, a key concept in her best-selling…
SHK/ Hamburger Kunsthalle/ bpk. Photo: Elke WalfordFrom spending time by yourself to making the most of being single, flying solo can be fulfilling – a philosophy championed by a new wave of books.In Wim Wenders’ recent film Perfect Days, the main character, a Tokyo toilet cleaner, spends many of his hours in solitude; watering plants, contemplating, listening to music and reading. While more characters are introduced as the film develops, for many viewers its earlier moments are, indeed, perfect; described by the BBC’s own Nicholas Barber as a “meditation on the serenity of an existence stripped to its essentials”, it…
APO Group, the leading Pan-African communications and media relations consultancy, has earned two major accolades at the prestigious 2025 Davos Communications Awards held on11April 2025, in Davos, Switzerland: a Gold Award for Canon’s ‘World Unseen’ campaign at GITEX Africa and a Bronze Award for the ‘10 Years of Miraisha’ celebration. The Davos Communications Awards, presented by the World Communications Forum Association (WCFA), recognise exceptional communications firms, experts, and internal teams that have produced excellence and achieved quantifiable impact worldwide. Canon’s World Unseen Experience, which won Gold, was a PR event that broke new ground. It launched at GITEX Africa, enabling…
Funk icon and pioneering multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, whose band Sly and the Family Stone remolded musical norms and challenged segregation along racial and gender lines, died at the age of 82 on Monday, his family said, leaving behind a legendary, genre-mashing discography which lifted Afrocentric music and hippie culture. Source link
A24Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal make for a starry love triangle in this exquisite new film from director Celine Song, who previously made the Oscar-nominated Past Lives.If you’ve seen any of the trailers for Celine Song’s Materialists, ignore them. In those previews and on paper, the film seems like a well-cast but stock romantic comedy, with Dakota Johnson as a professional matchmaker torn between a former love (Chris Evans) and a dazzling new possibility (Pedro Pascal). In fact, the film is hardly a romcom at all, but something far more original and captivating: a piercingly honest exploration of…
By Yacine Djibo, Executive Director, Speak Up Africa For decades, global donors and development institutions shaped the agenda for NTD elimination. Today, that dynamic is changing. Across the continent, African leaders, communities, and advocates are stepping forward with bold, locally driven efforts to put an end to these diseases. Africa carries 40% of the global burden of NTDs, a group of 20 infectious diseases that flourish in areas with poor sanitation, unsafe water, and limited healthcare access. These same areas are now increasingly exposed to the effects of climate change, with rising temperatures and more frequent extreme weather events increasing…
Spoiler Alert: This article contains potential spoilers for Andor season two.Andor’s second and final season concludes with a montage that offers us brief glimpses of its characters’ ultimate fates. Series namesake Cassian Andor fully embraces his role as a rebel leader as he strides through the Yavin IV compound and leaves for Kafrene, heading directly into the events of 2016’s Rogue One. (Not surprisingly, one clever YouTuber has already spliced the Andor and Rogue One scenes together.)Season two standout Kleya Marki, once fearful of traveling to Yavin IV because of her covert (and controversial) work with Luthen Rael, seems to…
US President Donald Trump’s threat to slap crippling tariffs on foreign-made movies has dominated discussions at the Cannes Film Festival, dampening the mood at the film market that runs parallel with the festival and frustrating movie professionals who were looking for a boost from cinema’s glitziest showcase. Source link