In a campaign dubbed “Raise the Age”, three Nigerian teenagers are fighting for the removal of a clause in Section 29 of the Nigerian constitution. The clause stipulates that “any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age”, so facilitating underage marriage.
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Arts and Culture Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o awarded 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize
East African literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been awarded the 2019 Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize for Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. The collection of essays focuses on language and its constructive role in national culture, history and identity.
Arts and Culture Obituary: Binyavanga Wainaina
How do you mourn three days that had an impact for a lifetime?
Arts and Culture Caster Semenya: the legal and ethical issues that should concern us all
If the Semenya ruling by the Court for Arbitration in Sport remains unchallenged, this way of thinking and behaving might filter into the International Olympic Committee
Arts and Culture Pilgrims return to Africa’s oldest synagogue for the Lag BaOmer festival
Countless pilgrims converged at Africa’s oldest synagogue, in Tunisia, where one of the last Jewish communities in the Arab world lives, for the annual Jewish pilgrimage and Lag BaOmer festival. For years, the synagogue has not welcomed as many pilgrims because of security concerns in the region.
Arts and Culture Nigerian photographer Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko raises awareness of albinism with her latest exhibition, titled “White Ebony”
Nigerian photographer Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko had a photographic exhibition, White Ebony, at the Temple Muse and hosted by SMO Contemporary Art. The exhibition highlighted the daily struggles of people with Albinism.
Arts and Culture Binyavanga Wainaina speaks: 10 quotes from the pre-eminent Kenyan writer
We mourn, remember and celebrate Binyavanga Wainana an influential Kenyan writer, who was also a beacon for the LGBTQI+ community. We remember Binya with these 10 quotes selected from his speeches, public talks and interviews.
Arts and Culture South Africa signs MoU with Kenya to facilitate the teaching of Kiswahili in its schools
Kenya and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide a foundation for the introduction of Kiswahili as an elective language in the South African educational system. This is South Africa’s next step in fully integrating Kiswahili as an indigenous language to promote unity and social cohesion with fellow Africans.
Arts and Culture Africa has lost Binyavanga Wainaina. But his spirit will continue to inspire
Binyavanga Wainana was a brilliant writer and sharp thinker, creative and unruly.