Author: Ewang Johnson
This special report zooms in on the smaller fashion houses that sparkled during Paris Fashion Week. Vincent Pressiat, like Victor Weinsanto, looked to the past, when the king’s favourites ruled the roost. Alain Paul recalled his first auditions as a young dancer. Ukrainian Lilia Litkovska is still designing, despite the war. Last but not least, Afro-Caribbean designers were celebrated at the Paris edition of Togo’s International Fashion Festival. Source link
Like the guard injured during the Worcester Art Museum robbery, security employees rarely carried arms – and, as portrayed mockingly in The Mastermind, they could often be dozy “retirees” or “acid heads”, as Reichardt says, with limited training. She adds: “Museums used to have these cool circular drives out front, which made the getaway pretty handy.” And, while the film features an FBI art crime investigator reminiscent of real-life agent Robert Wittman – who recovered $300m (£225m) worth of art over the course of his career – the actual FBI Art Crime Team was only founded in 2004.AlamyHeiress-turned-revolutionary Rose Dugdale’s…
By: Gregoire Danel FedouAcross Africa, women-led businesses face well-documented barriers that hinder their growth and access to finance. Many women cannot use land, property, or significant assets as collateral because they do not own them. Instead, they often rely on informal financial services, such as savings groups. Distrust of banks, sometimes stemming from past experiences or limited financial literacy, further restricts access. Household responsibilities, including childcare and caring for dependents, mean many women have fewer resources to save or reinvest in their businesses. Additionally, gender norms and restrictions on decision-making and mobility create further obstacles. In Northern and Western Africa, especially…
Few African leaders have lived their nation’s democratic struggle as completely as Raila Amolo Odinga. His political life was not a quest for comfort or recognition. It was a long, often punishing pursuit of principle. Across five presidential bids, years in detention, and seasons of political exile, he became the custodian of an idea larger than any election: that Kenya could only thrive through accountable, participatory, and just governance. Raila’s story runs parallel to Kenya’s own evolution. When the nation fought for multi-party democracy in the early 1990s, he stood at the front lines. When it demanded constitutional renewal in…
On this month’s Arts 24 TV series show, TV critic Dheepthika Laurent chats with Eve Jackson about the standout shows hitting screens in October. From “Les Disparues de la Gare”, a gripping French true crime series based on real-life femicides, to “The Woman in Cabin 10”, a stylish yacht-set thriller starring Keira Knightley, there’s plenty to keep you hooked. Source link
Our mantra as a film team was really ‘show and not tell’. You don’t have to beat audiences over the head with advocacy – Geeta GandbhirDirector Geeta Gandbhir’s reconstruction of events has no narration, and doesn’t rely on witness interviews, but instead on a doorbell camera, which captures the sound of a shot being fired, and Owens’s son screaming to call 911. Police body cameras track paramedics trying to help Owens after she is shot. Later cameras follow, unrelentingly, as the children’s father breaks the news to them that their mother “isn’t coming back”. And cameras inside the police car…
KAMPALA, Uganda, 15 October 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-Malaria is a preventable disease that still claims over half a million African lives every year, and mostly children under the age of five. Ugandan researcher, Krystal Birungi, a malaria survivor herself has dedicated her life, and profession, to changing this reality.Krystal Mwesiga Birungi, Ugandan scientist, malaria advocate, and Research & Outreach Associate at Target Malaria Uganda at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), has achieved a string of outstanding achievements that reflect her lifelong commitment to eliminating malaria and protecting children’s lives across Africa and beyond.Her journey is deeply personal. Her childhood was marked…
Critic Emma Jones reviews this week’s major releases, including Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water”, and the Japanese drama “A Pale View of Hills”. Director Myriam El Hajj offers a compelling portrait of a society in turmoil in her latest documentary, “Diaries from Lebanon”, following Georges, Joumana, and Perla Joe. The film exposes Lebanon’s simmering tensions amid economic, political, and humanitarian crises. El Hajj shares the challenges of filmmaking in Lebanon in recent years and how her subjects inspired the energy and optimism to complete the project. Source link
As MTV takes its last gasp, shuttering its final music channels in the UK, it feels strangely nostalgic to look back to the days when multiple television channels streamed music videos for hours each day, but it gave rise to the pop-as-product 2000s and the influencer era we find ourselves in now. Artists are meant to be seen, while they are being heard. Not every artist leaned into attractiveness back then. Some made their videos work with quirkiness or humour, like Busta Rhymes or Missy Elliott’s wacky clips, which had them dressed like cartoon characters. Saucy, sensual R&B groups wouldn’t…
When life takes an unexpected turn, resilience often becomes our greatest ally. For Ida Chibweza, that truth came into sharp focus when, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, her plans for the future were suddenly rewritten by three words no one ever wants to hear: “You have cancer.”At the time, Ida was approaching 40, thriving in a demanding career, and looking forward to marriage and family. But a small lump in her right breast would soon change everything — leading her on a journey that tested, transformed, and ultimately revealed her inner strength.A diagnosis that changed everything“I didn’t think much of…