African Spotlight Spotlighting Africans at Home and Abroad

Indaba Africa was created as a public center for discussions, research, films and cultural events led by persons who are African, either by birth or at heart (including those who have lived, and worked in Africa or simply feel a deep connection with Africans or the continent). The organization seek to represent a diverse group of Africanists in a variety ...

Doba Afolabi is a Nigerian artist who has made his mark in the United States by winning painting competitions. He recently made Nigeria proud again when be downed about 40 other professional painters to emerge winner of a competition organized by the Art Curian in New York. The theme of his exhibition was “Talking with the spirits.” Afolabi is a ...

At 76, Noble laureate Wole Soyinka moved faster than the owners of ‘Fela! on Broadway’, when he exited the theater just before his presence was announced, refusing to attend his own surprise birthday celebration. Soyinka was present to see the show for the first time, a play in honor of the life and challenges of his cousin, who used afrobeat ...

As Nigeria prepares for the January 2011 elections, the media in Nigeria is yet to focus on what the candidates will bring to the table, but when few of them convened at a roundtable outside the country, that was their topic of discussion. On Thursday night, three Nigerian media representatives and one delegate of the Committee that Protects Journalists were ...