Culture
South Africa rapper Maarohanye convicted for murder
South African rapper Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder after driving into a group of schoolchildren in...
DRC hosts Francophonie summit
About 20 head of state of the Francophonie nations are to begin its 14th summit in the capital city of Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Central Africa Republic celebrate 50th Anniversary of Intellectual Property right
The national structure of the intellectual property right celebrates its 50th anniversary in collaboration with the week of the intellectual property right in Bangui....
Royal Wedding article from Al Jazeera’s wedding correspondent
In his Confessions St Augustine describes how, when studying in Rome, he was persuaded by friends to go to the Colloseum to watch the...
FiSahara: British film industry at Sahara refugee film festival
Around 150 members of the British film industry gathered on Wednesday evening for the London launch of the 8th International Sahara Film Festival: the...
To Return Or Not to Return
It’s a question that haunts many Ghanaian immigrants at one time or another during our stay in our adopted lands. No matter where in...
Cremation of dead espoused in Southern Africa
In most Africa cultures cremation is largely considered a taboo but due to increasing shortage of land it is now being touted as...
Malawi’s illegal crackdown against witches
The Association of Secular Humanism, Malawian human rights group, has demanded that the Malawian government release over eighty Malawians serving time in prison for...
Germany: A new African library for Berlin
Berlin, the German capital, has opened its first African library. Since mid-August, 2010, books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, etc, dedicated to the African continent have...
Australia and New Zealand: Where are the natives?
I recently traveled through two beautiful countries, Australia and New Zealand. And as English speaking countries that share a common geographic location, I expected...
Death Becomes Him
I have created vivid scenes of my funeral in my mind many, many times. No, I am not imagining or conjuring up scenarios of...
Africa’s unfortunate child witches
A new Unicef report has identified greater urbanization in Africa, disruption caused by war and the growing economic burden of raising children, as factors...
Africa: Child-witchcraft or Autism symptoms?
Across Sub-Sahara Africa, children from underprivileged backgrounds who sometimes exhibit symptoms of Autism, are often labeled as witches or wizards, and victimized - poisoned,...
Sudan banking on foreign-run archaeological digs
While the practice of sharing archaeological digs becomes more and more rare, Sudan continues to share half of its archaeological finds, in some cases,...
Egyptian Coptic Church celebrates Arab diversity in the US
Storms often ruin weekend plans, but not at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Fairfax, Virginia.
Despite heavy rains, Northern Virginia’s largest Coptic church held...
Mauritania: “Arabization has nothing to do with Islam”
The Mauritanian government, Sunday, spoke out on the burning issue of Arabization, which was raised by the Prime Minister and Minister of Youth and...
The great African Meroë empire at the Louvre Museum
Meroë is one of the great kingdoms of ancient Sudan. Next to it was Egypt, another great kingdom. For several centuries, especially the late...
New York honors its African past
Angelou, the renowned American writer and poet, spoke of the enslavement and mistreatment of Africans during the colonial and early statehood periods of present-day...
Uganda royal tombs’ arsonist arrested
A man yesterday surprised policemen in Uganda's capital Kampala, when he walked into a Police station and allegedly confessed setting ablaze the Buganda...
Reflections on The Black Body
Ghanaian writer Meri Nana-Ama Danquah expresses the confusion many Africans - coming from majority black countries - feel towards America’s preoccupation with race when...
Waiting (Ghana Style)
Somehow we survive
and tenderness, frustrated, does not wither.
Dennis Brutus, A Simple Lust
Somehow we survive.
The treacherous heat that relentlessly oppresses, threatening to snuff the very...
The Fate of the Watchman in Ghana
The watchman’s job may be among the hardest hit in this era of technology, but for one 32 year old father of five, going...
Harking back to the ghosts of District Six
On the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela Stefan Simanowitz reports on the opening of a new theatre rising from the ashes...
United States: Ancient Gullah culture from Africa brought back to life
In the Gullah culture, there is an expression that goes, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you should know where you came from.”...
What’s In A Name?
“Good friend please help me. I need to know why you call yourself 'Different Devill?'” is how someone who read the first installment of...
Sudan: Local languages in schools to promote better understanding
With effect from the 2010 academic year, mother languages will be included in southern Sudan's school curricula.
Southern Sudan nationals have expressed satisfaction over the...
Jimmy Wales seeks the development of Wikipedia in African languages
In an interview during the month of November, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, talked about the state of development of the participatory online encyclopedia in...
What is in a South African name?
A few weeks ago, South African Arts and Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana informed her nation that she had approved the changing of twenty-eight names...
Black African presence in Mexico: A pictorial delight
'The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present’ is an exhibition that throws a pictorial light on the history of the black...
South Africa: Vuvuzela replaces Bafana Bafana
The vuvuzela, a South African horn used by football fans, will certainly whip up a big hue and cry come the 2010 World Cup...