Afripop Mag

What's new and what's next in global African pop culture by team AfriPOP!

[Lynsey Chutel @lynseychutel]

With all the revelations around his OkayAfrica treated black women, I urge you to read @YoliZama’s thread on what it was like for two black woman (her and @ophiona) to start a digital platform for African culture from their own pockets. I stay learning from them.

[ikorodu bois @IkoroduB]

Our version of Bad boys for life😂
Guys kindly retweet🙏
We hope will smith and Martin Lawrence sees this

[M&G Friday @MG_Friday]

Pola Maneli's An Indigenous I/Eye is a figurative attempt at visualising blackness that is fluid and boundless, writes @Za_Fika https://t.co/K4o9FkoO7C

[OkayAfrica @OkayAfrica]

"The new generation of artists coming from Africa are going to take you by storm, and the time has come."

@angeliquekidjo graciously dedicates her #Grammy to @burnaboy 🙌🏿: https://t.co/YeRDe2W2uo

[SHE @forepeacesake]

I’ve done a great thing for this culture by finally turning a nollywood spiritual warfare scene between Chiwetelu Agu and Charles Awurum into a 20s silent film excerpt with intertitles. Our exaggerated expressions were made for this cinema.
Everyone is welcome.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

#StarWars  - but make it Nigerian 💙

@JohnBoyega l #TheRiseOfSkywalker

📸: Getty Images

[Shadow and Act @shadowandact]

#Joy: #TheAcademy just disqualified another international #Oscar entry for its English dialogue. Details: https://t.co/OuJIQhtBdc.

[Afripop Mag @Afripopmag]

For those of you planning on taking trips this December, please read this. Unfortunately our safety is seldom our choice. (@zoramag) https://t.co/zKWyzFREAZ

[Blitz Bazawule @BlitzAmbassador]

WHAAAAAAT!!!! @TheBurialOfKojo is up for a Golden Globe Nomination. First ever for Ghana. Just Wow!!!
🙌🏿🏆🇬🇭

[Ryan Lenora Brown @ryanlenorabrown]

Google "Who discovered Ebola?" and you get a bunch of names — all of them white Western males. Dr. Jean Jacques Muyembe has been written out of history.

"Yes, but it is ..." he pauses. He takes a breath and laughs.

"It is not correct," he says. https://t.co/Nqt6atDANn

[MEFeater Magazine @mefeater]

Adut Akech ✨

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Please don’t use my father to suggest or assert that respectability cures racism.

The white supremacy affirming racist discriminates against Black bodies whether the bodies are in sharp suits or in sagging pants.

Lastly...my father was assassinated while dressed “respectably.”

[Afripop Mag @Afripopmag]

The sculpture, called “Rumors of War,” is Kehinde Wiley’s first work of public art and his first major piece since his portrait of President Obama. https://t.co/IsSkIwuLGE

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

'When They See Us' star Jharrel Jerome dedicated his historic #Emmys win to the Exonerated Five — he's the first Afro-Latino actor to be nominated and awarded in an acting category

[Afripop Mag @Afripopmag]

Fam in South Africa please spread the word.

[Health-e News @HealtheNews]

If you are a sexual assault survivor and want to find a list of healthcare services and shelters near you, DIAL *134*334# or Whatsapp 'Izwi Lami' to 060 069 2788 https://t.co/OZGMtS7vVZ

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Simone Biles makes history as the first gymnast to land a double-double dismount — and it's incredible 🤩

[ESSENCE @Essence]

Today marks what would have been Whitney Houston's 56th birthday. May she rest in eternal peace. 🙏🏾

[Afripop Mag @Afripopmag]

Infinitely grateful to have lived in a time where we witnessed and felt Toni Morrison’s words. For her life, we will celebrate.