Joy as single mom of five passes bar exam after gracefully graduating law school
The mother of five children who wowed everyone in May after photos of her graduation went viral has just passed her bar exam to the […]
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‘Karate grannies’, Kenya’s badass women who learnt martial arts to fight sexual violence.
Korogocho is one of the many informal settlements in Nairobi that is home to about 200,000 people who are living in tight conditions. Known as […]
At this sacred Cameroonian festival, people disappear into a river for about an hour and return unwet
A ritual from the Ngondo festival — trip down memory lane The Ngondo festival, which is a water-centred festival by the Sawa, that is, coastal […]
At this St. Lucian festival, Creoles celebrate age-old African culture that survived slavery and colonisation
Known as the only country in the world to be named after a historical female figure, St Lucia’s population is about 90 per cent African […]
The incredible South Sudanese culture of auctioning girls for marriage
South Sudan girl auctioned for 500 cows, 3 V8 cars weds — Maravi Post This October, a picture of Nyalong Ngong Deng, a 17-year-old South […]
Meet the Kenyan environmentalist on a grueling mission to save Africa’s elephants
Jim Nyamu, a Kenyan environmentalist, has been on a gruelling 4 200 kilometres walk from Kenya to South Africa dubbed East-Southern Africa Elephant Walk Elephants […]
The first dollar bill to ever feature a black woman will go into circulation this month
Viola Desmond Described as Canada’s Rosa Parks, Viola Desmond was arrested and jailed for sitting in the whites-only section of a local cinema in 1946 […]
After 41 years of bad blood, direct flights between Ethiopia and Somalia resume
For 41 years, there has not been a direct flight between Somalia and Ethiopia. But history is already changing. Early Friday, the first flight from […]
For banning pregnant girls from school, Tanzania is stripped of $300m World Bank loan
Tanzania has lost out on a $300 million educational loan over its policy to ban pregnant girls from school. The funding was to help the […]
Ruby Bridges became the first black child to attend an all-white school on this day in 1960 [Photos]
At a time when America was starting to break down the segregation policies in its institutions, a young girl would face the brunt of being […]