Some of the country's hottest musical exports say it's now cheaper to fly to London or the United States for gigs than to travel interstate to play for Australian audiences.
The study, covering Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and South Africa, projects that combined pay-TV and streaming revenues across the six markets will reach $5.2 billion by 2030. Titled Made in Africa, Watched Globally?, the report was commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme, and produced by Dalberg.
Genre boundaries belong to the past “Science fiction will never be Literature with a capital ‘L,’” began a New York Times review of Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake back in 2003. Now, the seemingly impossible has happened – M John Harrison’s The End of Everything is the first science fiction novel to win the Booker prize.
Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve are in a custody battle in Cristian Mungiu’s powerful drama, while the Irish stadium monsters are back, and back on form, after nine years away Fjord Out now Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu’s latest stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve in a Norway-set drama about a Romanian couple whose five children are taken from them by the state.
Television’s most deadpan (and dense) documentarian casts her eye over cinema, while Cynthia Erivo dazzles in a sexual assault legal drama. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...
While nothing has been officially announced, it is widely understood that the shortlist to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond is now down to a handful of actors: Callum Turner, Jack Lowden, Josh O’Connor, Robert Pattinson and Nicholas Hoult. After Daniel Craig stood down from the role after completing No Time to Die (in which Bond appeared to be killed in a missile strike), Amazon MGM Studios paid over $1bn to acquire “creative control” from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the British-American heirs to the series’ original producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and longtime stewards of the…
From Cynthia Erivo’s bravura barrister to Johnny Depp’s surprisingly good Scrooge, take a quick glance at this week’s new films *** Continue reading...
Dreamy, reverb-laden arrangements, virtuosic vocals and echoes of PJ Harvey and Massive Attack make this disarming debut a one-of-a-kind creation Since the release of her debut EP, Qasr, in 2024, south Asian-American vocalist and composer Sheherazaad has developed a distinctive take on the classical singing of her heritage. A heavy layer of reverb coats the record’s spare and often evocative arrangements, making undulating tabla hits echo beneath Sheherazaad’s keening vocals on Qatil, while on Registaan it lends an unnervingly distorted quality to a simple guitar refrain and on Mard it…
By Benjamin Njoku For Nollywood actress and screenwriter Miriam Ogbonna, passion was never the problem, sustaining it was the real journey. Ogbonna, who fell in love with entertainment at 13, has grown from a young dreamer into one of Nollywood’s respected storytellers.
By Benjamin Njoku MultiChoice Nigeria, a CANAL+ company, recently unveiled its new DStv and GOtv package line-up under its ‘Expect More’ campaign at a special launch event held at The Royal Box, Victoria Island, Lagos. The night also drew a strong celebrity turnout, including media executive Darey Art Alade and Deola Art Alade, filmmaker Tola Odunsi, actress Enado Odigie, costume designer Yolanda Okereke, BBNaija reality TV stars Temi Nkem, Kola Omotosho and Imisi Ayanwale, and media personalities Uti Nwachukwu, Chuey Chu and Hero Daniels.
By Benjamin Njoku Nigeria’s Afrobeats industry is not slowing down. In 2025, he won Best Music Artist in Abuja at the Abuja Entertainment and Music Awards (ABEMA).
By Benjamin Njoku Nollywood actress and businesswoman, Carolyna Hutchings, widely known as Caroline Danjuma, has advised her teeming fans on Instagram to be intentional about the remaining days of 2026. In a sermon-like post on Instagram, the mother of three asked fans to remain grateful for everything God had done with them and for them, stressing that gratitude opens our hearts to even greater blessings.
The band’s uneven 2003 album has been judiciously reworked to accompany a staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy with quite extraordinary results According to the programme notes, Thom Yorke had serious reservations about director Christine Jones’ idea to stage a production of Hamlet featuring music from Radiohead’s 2003 album Hail to the Thief. You’re often in the realm of high camp – portentous, Bard-quoting heavy metal lyrics; Return to the Forbidden Planet’s jokey blending of The Tempest with 50s rock’n’roll; 2015’s These Paper Bullets, which relocated Much Ado About Nothing to swinging London,…
Out of 103 ghats in Patna, 90 have been declared safe for devotees, while 13 have been termed unsafe
Filmmaker, musician and activist Boots Riley’s latest movie I Love Boosters makes the creative’s edict clear: power lies with the people, we just have to rise up and take it.
Ghanaian gospel musician Prophet Joseph Atarah has released his latest single, Formula, urging believers to remain steadfast in their faith regardless of their circumstances. Speaking about the message behind the song, Prophet Atarah, leader of Believers Grace Crown Ministry International, said life’s circumstances could sometimes make people question God’s plan for their lives.
Lagos-born singer Solana has signed with Since ’93 Records, the label and management group has revealed exclusively to Billboard U.K. Riki Bleau, co-president of Since ‘93, added, “We are excited to announce the Queen of YoruPop, Solana, as a new signing to Since ’93, continuing a rich tradition of supporting exceptional female talent from Africa like Tems and Tyla.”
The 1973 Afrobeat classic features in the trailer for Michael B. Jordan’s forthcoming Hollywood heist thriller.
The main objective of the new Critics Discovery section is to introduce notable and artistically distinctive films in Malayalam to prominent figures and critics in the international film industry and to provide them with more international audience attention and representation at film festivals
Arjun Das and Sanchana Natarajan bring an interesting dynamic as the leads of a compelling investigation in director Madhumita’s compelling yet predictable thriller
CM formally inaugurates State CBSE Sahodaya Kalotsav 2026 at Mala; calls it a vibrant platform for students to showcase their talents
Singer, 76, was in Manchester with his band for penultimate UK show of his Songs in the Key of Life anniversary tour When Stevie Wonder’s team just called to say: “Can we all come to your restaurant in Stalybridge at 11pm on a Sunday?” Hours later, staff at the Cafe Continental were sharing a £1,000 tip.
Royal Festival Hall, London With this programme of Strauss (Johann II and Richard) and Mozart – and Emanuel Ax the deft and lucid soloist – Manfred Honeck, who joins as principal conductor in 2028, gave an exciting statement of intent ‘I am a man of tradition,” Manfred Honeck, the Philharmonia’s new principal conductor designate, declared earlier this week in rehearsals. Conducting from memory, Honeck (a former violist) brought a decade of New Year’s Day concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic to bear on the sleek drape of the strings and the patent-leather gleam of woodwind, the elegance of…