Rungano Nyoni was grieving. Her grandmother had died, and her great uncle had issued an edict that the funeral not feature the wailing and singing and house visits of typical Zambian mourning. Instead ...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. A24 opens “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” in theaters Friday, March 7, 2025. Decades of mediocre Sundance movies - ...

Re: the title On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (now streaming on HBO Max). The animal, a pheasant-like sub-Saharan African bird, has a distinct call that alerts anything within earshot of an approaching ...

Guinea is preparing to host the Festival du Djembé, the International Djembe Festival, a significant cultural event aiming to re-establish its presence on the global cultural stage. This festival will ...

You should watch the surreal new movie On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. It opens with a Zambian woman finding her uncle's body on the road. His death brings the family together from near and far, but also ...

African Dance Explores the technique, styles, and rhythms of regional and national cultures of Africa. Areas of concentration may vary each semester (e.g. Ghana, Mali, Guinea, etc.). Introduces ...