Africa’s standing in the Best International Feature category rose during the 2020 Oscars thanks to the run of Senegalese-French filmmaker Mati Diop’s “Atlantics”, which made it to the 10-picture shortlist. The film failed to clinch a nomination but its high-profile, Netflix-backed campaign brought fresh attention to Africa’s emerging independent feature film scene. ...Read More

Cape Town - Film producers from Southern Africa say they are struggling to get their productions distributed on popular American streaming service Netflix. ...Read More

Cape Town - Rock paintings are synonymous with Southern Africa, dating back to the Stone Age and Iron Age and attracting tourists and art lovers from across the world. ...Read More

In a year that lent itself to living in the internal world of books, African authors offered up a host of worlds to escape to. ...Read More

The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) will return in early 2021 for the first time in years amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, ViacomCBS has said. ...Read More