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I HAD HEARD about Lydia Ourahmane long before setting out to write about her curiously affecting art, had heard about her improbable backstory as the child of an Algerian father and a Malaysian Chinese mother who had fallen in love at a school for evangelical Christians in the UK. I’d seen images of her work, too—invitingly minimalist installations perfumed by mystery, chaos, and accident. Our wide-ranging conversations began in the pandemic’s second year, and before long I had grown accustomed to the artist’s elliptical, zigzag patter. The vibe was both history lesson and séance, a s...

As Canberra and Paris repair ties, presenting France as a “Pacific country” would undermine regional independence.

Thabo Mbkei reflects on the African Union, Africa Day and his foundation

For Africa to succeed in its efforts to achieve its renaissance demands strategic thinking, writes Thabo Mbeki.

19/05/2022 - CANNES 2022: Philippe Faucon’s humble mastery of cinematographic pithiness puts under the microscope the cruel page of history of local soldiers engaged on the French side during the Algerian war