Nnamdi Azikiwe, from stowaway to Nigeria’s first president and African nationalist
Nnamdi Azikiwe — Daily Post Nigeria His parents gave him the name Benjamin but he later changed it to Nnamdi. Popularly known as “Zik” or […]
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How African courts glorify colonialism with wigs and gowns
The tradition of wearing horsehair wigs, perukes, ‘a term derived from the French word perruque (weaving wig)’ and gowns by the judiciary predates the 15th […]
Survivor Of Rwandan Genocide To Be Country’s First Female Neurosurgeon
Claire Karekezi is shown at Toronto Western Hospital on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. In early July, the 35-year-old will return home as the first and […]
The Ghanaian high school teen breaking the internet with his height [Photos]
We lost count on the number of things and people that broke the internet this year. 2018 has been an action-packed year with interesting trends […]
Jailed for ‘plotting’ to kill a former president, this Congolese poet filmed his escape dressed as a woman
It was not easy for someone who had been sentenced to death to be able to escape from a prison in the Democratic Republic of […]
In these Namibian Ethnic group, wife swapping is a centuries-old practice that still continues today.
Africa is a continent with a population of an estimated 1. 2 billion people, 2000 languages and an uncountable number of cultural practices many of […]
‘Men shouldn’t step in the kitchen and that’s how it should be’ – Uganda’s president stirs debate.
Controversial Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has once again stirred another debate, but this time around, on gender roles. He stated that it is not men’s […]
Should this teacher be arrested for fighting student who called him n****r? [Video]
A band teacher from Maywood Academy High School in Los Angeles has been in the news for engaging in a fierce fist fight with a […]
Meet The First Black Woman To Earn A Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. From University of Michigan
Ciara Sivels knew she was going to make history, but she really wanted to focus on finishing her Ph.D. program first. Sivels, a native of […]
Gambia defies IMF warning and falls for $34 million French aid
Despite warning from the International Monetary Fund against borrowing money to ease the burden on debt stock, Gambia gleefully accepted 30 million euros ($34 million) […]