Still from Boyz In The Hood (1991) dir. John Singleton When I entered my first year of university I was oblivious to the fact that I lacked taste. But what did this mean exactly? For all my life up until this point I was up to date on all the drill mixtapes, black cinema releases and all the things that made up youth culture for me. I grew up watching cult classics like Love and Basketball (2000)   , Coach Carter  (2005) and best of all  Boyz In the Hood (1991). To me these w

Still from On becoming a Guniea Fowl (2024) A Guinea Fowl is a domesticated bird from Africa that is raised for its meat, eggs and feathers. In the same way women play this role in their famamlies. Girls from a young age are conditioned to serve the men around them. From their fathers to religious leaders to the men they soon must marry. Like a Guniea fowl their bodies are used without regard to their true desires in life. It seems strange to compare the two but in actuality

Written by Elisha Kiala  Photo by Eric Lafforgue Some time ago I was at Tia’s house, visiting her and my younger cousins. Growing up, to...

Written by Elisha Kiala Still from ‘O Heroi’ dir. ZeZe Gambou ‘O Heroi’ (2004) is an Angolan film directed by Zeze Gambou. This film...