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Lovers Rock from Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series explored the music and Blues party scene of London in the 1970s. BBC/McQueen Limited/Parisa Taghizadeh

Small Axe: what Steve McQueen got right and wrong about lovers rock

Centred around a Blues Party in London, the second film from the Small Axe anthology captured the excitement of setting up a party but missed things about sound system culture in the UK.
Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine takes a selfie with Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa Aaron Ufumeli/EPA-EFE

Politics and fashion: the rise of the red beret

Bobi Wine in Uganda does it; so do the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa. The red beret is worn to signify the revolutionary. Its power lies in a symbolism that combines art and politics.
Bob Marley is still reggae’s most iconic figure, 35 years after his death at the age of 36. Flickr

An open letter to Bob Marley: it’s time to create reggae dialogues

More than three decades after his death reggae icon Bob Marley’s music remains meaningful. It still has the potential to catalyse conversation not often had in the postcolonial world.

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