AllAfrica News: Arts, Culture and Entertainment

[Daily Maverick] For most South Africans, the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has felt like watching a single scandal unfold. For investigative journalist Caryn Dolley, it's the latest chapter in a story she has spent more than 15 years - and no shortage of personal risk - pursuing.

[The Conversation Africa] In Lagos in the 1910s and 1920s a new market of readers was emerging who wanted to express themselves in their own languages. Despite the dominance of colonial English print culture, entrepreneurs increasingly started using printing presses for mainstream Yoruba-language newspapers, books and pamphlets.

[Namibian] A two-day event celebrating the music and career of Namibian musician The Dogg is scheduled to take place at Zoo Park in Windhoek on 4 and 5 September.

[Liberian Investigator] - The race for Big Brother Naija Season 11's record-breaking ₦160 million prize package has entered a decisive stage, with Martins and Mercedes becoming the first housemates evicted following the season's first double eviction over the weekend.

[Independent (Kampala)] Museums are increasingly commissioning documentary films to document African architecture, interpret historic buildings, and preserve architectural memory. Film has become part of exhibition design, audiovisual archiving, and museum collections, carrying architectural stories across borders and generations.