The annual Afropunk festival has expanded its reach for this year’s events, with multiple cities playing host to the popular live show and cultural destination. On Tuesday, the lineups for Brooklyn, Atlanta, and Paris were announced with Johannesburg and London also on deck with impending lineups.
The Johannesburg justice system feels that former paralympian star Oscar Pistorius has learned his lesson after he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013.
A toddler in Alexandra, Johannesburg has already gained a massive following on Facebook for his ability to grasp the concept of DJing before he’s even able to write in cursive or even construct full sentences.
There’s a new crime epidemic sweeping the country of South Africa— dreadlock theft. A Zimbabwe man traveled to Johannesburg only to have the hair he’d grown for a decade shaved completely off while he was passed out at a party.
One of 2009’s mega-blockbusters will not see the light of day in one African nation. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has moved to ban District 9, a science-fiction thriller and one of the biggest movies of the year, citing the depiction of Nigerians in the film. “We have directed that they should stop public screening […]
