We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...
The greatest marathoner of our time just broke his own world record. Is an official marathon run in less than...
The recent death of Fatmata Turay, a 19 year-old girl from Makeni, Sierra Leone, who died after a botched female genital mutilation (FGM) operation has continued...
Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe has been ranked in the bottom ten tier of the Liveability Ranking released by research group, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)....
Since the rise of Boko Haram, the media have painted a picture of Borno State in Nigeria as a place of death and destruction. Photojournalist Fati...
Ain't no party like a This Is Africa website launch party! Just ask everyone in Nairobi where last week, This Is Africa put together the launch...
As part of the Samosa Festival 2016, a mixed bag of creatives not only produced public art that enhanced and uplifted a neglected community but interacted...
While the state deploys various forms of violence against their bodies, marginalised Zimbabwean women of lower economic and social status are using African feminist praxis to...
It was just under five years ago that the bubbly South African chef, Siba Mtongana, made her way onto our screens. Affectionately called the Queen of...
Did you know: Kerma (also known as Dukki Gel) was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kerma which existed 5,500 years ago and was located...
"People call me names ... but I don't care." Thembela Ntongana reports on the difficulties of being gay and a traditional healer in South Africa.
Jade Gibson opens up about the process of writing her debut novel, Glowfly Dance, a lyrical and poignant tale of domestic abuse and family trauma based...
