More than one-third of all women and girls in Zambia have experienced physical violence in their lives, and 17% of these women have experienced sexual violence. This is an issue that plagues the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Nyoni’s sophomore feature, released into theaters by A24 on March 7, depicts a family as they lay ...

Seven years ago, Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni made international waves with “I Am Not a Witch,” a mysterious fable that mixed African rituals and folklore with modern-day troubles to tell the ...

"Why are they mourning Uncle Fred like he's some angel?" A24 has unveiled the official trailer for an indie film called On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, the second feature made by the acclaimed African ...

Shula is dressed Missy Elliott in On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. Credit: A24 Uncle Fred has died. He died in the street across the way from a brothel in the middle of the night. Shula, Fred’s niece, is on ...

Rungano Nyoni made her name in 2017 with her Directors’ Fortnight entry I am Not a Witch, a surreal comedy of sorts in which a young Zambian girl named Shula is forced to choose between being turned ...

Rungano Nyoni won Best Director at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for her "I Am Not a Witch" follow-up. With her 2017 directorial debut “I Am Not a Witch,” Rungano Nyoni established herself as a ...

Ella Lee Forest, a middle-class enclave just outside Loop 610, seems an unlikely place for a breed of fowl more suited to a ranch than ranch houses. But on any given day, this flock of skittish ...

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl stars Susan Chardy as Shula, a Zambian woman who discovers the body of her dead Uncle Fred lying in the road late one night. As the family convenes for the morning rituals, ...

For poultry keepers looking beyond the chicken, raising guinea fowl is a more exotic alternative with definite meat-producing possibilities. The guinea is an option for those seeking an exotic poultry ...