“The African experience is global,” said Niyi Coker, E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor at UMSL. “This festival allows you to understand the experiences that Africans are having in other countries ...

A new HBO documentary explores the impact of Wizkid's music — internationally and in his native Nigeria. Music Box: Wizkid: Long Live Lagos traces the artist's roots and Nigerian identity, and how his ...

In a new documentary about Bob Geldof, the rock musician who organized the Live Aid concerts in 1985 and helped put together last year’s Live 8 event, he says that despite Africa’s deep-rooted poverty ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Filmmaker Gisele Haralson is touring the Brazos Valley, hoping to inspire others by screening her newly released documentary, Who Said You Can’t: African American Women in ...

Award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mamadou Dia (“Nafi’s Father”) is in post-production on “Legacy,” a documentary that follows students at a legendary West African dance school. The director will be ...

To hear the hard-charging manager of a Chinese-owned industrial park in Ethiopia tell it, it's a manufacturer's dream come true. MOTTO MA: This park is just like a small city. UNIDENTIFIED BUSINESSMAN ...

Considered the biggest and important platform of its kind for documentary films on the continent, the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival continues a tradition of spotlighting ...

*For 20 years, The Africa Channel (TAC) has been a vital link between Africa’s vibrant culture and audiences worldwide, particularly within the Black diaspora in the U.S. To celebrate this milestone, ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Kristina Obame’s first shoot in Gabon was a disaster. The generator exploded. The crew bus disappeared. For four days, the ...

A South African court on Friday rejected an attempt to block the release of a Netflix documentary about a man convicted of rape and murder who faked his own death to escape prison. Thabo Bester gained ...