Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege is known as “Doctor Miracle” for his ability to surgically repair the horrific damage inflicted on sexually abused victims in a country described by a top UN official as “the rape capital of the world”.
African identities
African identities Find New Words: Defining A Positive African Queer Identity
Language is not stagnant but ever evolving. Find New Words is an initiative that seeks to use this ability in the hope of giving LGBTQI+ issues full expression in our African home languages.
African identities Is the obsession with homosexuality politicians’ way of distracting us from the real issues?
It is worth considering whether corrupt or ineffective leaders are deliberately fanning the flames of homophobia so that we, the electorate, will lose focus and not hold them to account.
African identities Is Naomi Osaka at the centre of another nationality claim?
Tennis player Naomi Osaka beat 23-times Grand Slam winner Serena Williams in a 6-2, 6-4 win in the US Open. But the reporting of her victory has shone the spotlight on a worrying disregard for the black excellence that Osaka represents.
African identities African judges wearing wigs a symbol of British colonialism? Julius Malema thinks so
The wigs and robes worn by judges and lawyers in former British colonies are among the most glaring symbols of colonial inheritance; an inheritance so old-fashioned and uncomfortable that even British barristers have stopped wearing them.
African identities Germany returns human remains from Namibian genocide
The German government has returned 25 of possibly hundreds of Herero and Nama skulls taken from Namibia for examination by racial anthropologists in an attempt to justify the theory of European Superiority.
African identities The lost continent of “Mauritia” is submerged under the Island of Mauritius
A research team, led by South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand, has found pieces of an ancient continent, dubbed “Mauritia”, beneath the African island of Mauritius. Although the continent may be lost, it has left traces of its existence to remind us that there is more of Earth to explore
African identities Rwanda wants to be a Francophone leader – even though it distrusts France
Thanks to France’s role in the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has turned towards the Anglophone world. But not entirely.
African identities Why Africa needs to start focusing on the neglected issue of mental health
Mental health care is neglected across Africa. But there are several reasons why countries should pay attention.