Khaya Dlanga is many things; a highly regarded author, columnist, social media guru, and an advertising creative with several major awards in his desk drawer. He is also a Senior Communications Manager for Content Excellence and Digital at Coca-Cola. In 2012 he published a best-selling collection of essays, In My Arrogant Opinion, as part of Picador Africa’s The Youngsters series. TIA caught up with the self-professed “struggling womanizer” and all-round nice guy to chat about his latest book, a memoir, To Quote Myself.

Thousands of Twitter users have taken it upon themselves to change the stereotypes about Africa portrayed in popular media…one tweet at a time

As the world reels at the gruesome killings of nine members of the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the US, a picture of the alleged perpetrator has circulated via news agencies and social media depicting him wearing a jacket with the abhorrent flags of apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia (currently Zimbabwe) on it – yet some news outlets still describe this incident as an attack on faith

For the third year in a row Luanda, the capital of Angola, has held its grip on the title of being the most expensive city in the world for privileged migrant workers – commonly known as expats

As the world today observes World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, ‘cultural diversity’ of language in a country like South Africa is becoming more and more meaningless

Western culture has a habit of taking one thing from one culture and presenting it to others as its original product. Look at pizza, hamburgers, yoga, acupuncture, the list turns into a tome. African medicine is no exception

In what might be the most devastating Mediterranean crossing tragedy yet, hundreds are believed to have perished in the capsizing of a boat carrying 700 people from Libya to Italy

In a groundbreaking bid to outlaw child marriage in Zimbabwe, two former child brides are taking their government to court for allowing them to go through the abusive practice

People love their dogs. Some show more affection towards their dogs than they do towards their fellow human beings. Is this a tendency brought about by white culture? Is it ‘unAfrican’ to treat your dog like a person?

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Prime Minister has signalled the government’s intention to find a way to explore for oil in the Virunga national park, Africa’s oldest, most biodiverse park and a world heritage site