Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist and cultural critic Andrew Chatora has entered a new chapter in his literary life, not by stepping...
In the wake of the death of Dida, an elephant aged between 60 and 65 years believed to be Africa’s...
Welcoming African travellers with open arms, Nigeria has announced that it will start issuing visas on arrival for all Africans in a major step towards the...
In this exclusive excerpt from an interview with Valentine Iwenwanne, Femi talks about his life, music, Fela and, of course, political and social issues.
Nigerian visual artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby is part of the 24 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation grant. Njideka came into limelight last year after winning the...
‘I don’t see any side winning a war in northern Mali.’ This Is Africa discussed the issues in Mali with Serge Daniel, author, journalist and renowned...
For the first time, invitation to the Tony Elumelu Foundation forum is extended beyond the 1,000. The foundation received 93,246 applications from all over the continent...
The University of Pretoria in South Africa was recently ranked 92nd in the world for law by the Times Higher Education Law subject ranking. The university...
Today on International Day of the Girl Child we meet Josephine Kulea, a Kenyan child rights activist and the founder of Samburu Girl Foundation.
The architecture of the ancient Yoruba of Southwest Nigeria was a communal endeavour and the house was a statement of ideological, economic and social position in...
Today is the World Mental Health Day. It was established with the aim of creating awareness of mental health issues all over the world as well...
“If my mother had one goal, it was to free my mind,” Trevor Noah writes in his memoir Born A Crime which has won him the...
