For her debut project, Nice, Amindi didn’t want to write about romantic love. “You know the Bechdel test? I wanted…
Karen Chalamilla
Hi! My name is Karen Chalamilla and I’m a gender and media researcher, and culture writer. I write
about lots of cultural topics but I’m especially curious about the connections between gender, art,
and media.
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Making music is a typically a heavy process for mau from nowhere. The Kenyan multi-hyphenated artist has made a name…
“There’s a lot of Tanzania’s history and culture that cannot be depicted through realism, like our true emotions about our…
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While the Tanzanian film industry has offered different portrayals of Tanzanian womanhood over the years, there is still a general…
The genre of romance is one of the most enduring in the literary world. It’s conventions-that date back to its…
As far as opening lines go, “Elikem married me in absentia” is about the best way to rouse curiosity. There…
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Tanzania is for the first time participating in the 60th edition of the prestigious Venice Biennale, one of the longest-running…
The 2023 Women’s World Cup has not only been a source of immense entertainment but an arena to discuss the…
In the first offering in Jenny Han’s trilogy, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2014), Lara Jean pens 5…