
Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist and cultural critic Andrew Chatora has entered a new chapter in his literary life, not by stepping...




As African football coaches continue to break new ground, the forthcoming World Cup in Qatar serves as a critical stepping...














17 universities from five African countries have made it on the QS World University Rankings, a list of the world’s top institutions of higher learning. The...

Despite the need for sex education in schools, Uganda’s powers that be continue to discuss how not to include it. They would rather leave it to...

Two years ago, the Cameroonian government declared war on Boko Haram. Despite some progress, the group’s violent impact is still seen and felt deeply in the...

It’s not just about hair - it’s about racism. An orphanage manager narrates the difficulty of raising confident young black and coloured girls an a world...

Evan Hempel was born a female. 16 years ago, the 35 year-old came out as transgender, and since 2003, he has been taking hormones to physically...

From 1964 to 1991, Zambia knew only one president: Kenneth Kaunda. Since then, the country has had five democratically elected presidents. The presidential election of 11...

Kenyan fashion house KikoRomeo under its visionary founder and Head Designer Ann McCreath has helped put African fashion on the map for more than twenty years. KikoRomeo,...

In a perfect world, some days wouldn’t exist. But our world is far from perfect. On August 30th, the world marked the International Day of the...

African forms of democracy and egalitarianism exists independent of, and predates, modern Western progressive social movements. It is time we revived their histories from systematic erasure, because they may...

Mark Zuckerberg has posted some pictures on his Facebook page having a whale of a time, experiencing Kenya’s “amazing natural beauty and wildlife”. The little bit...