Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist and cultural critic Andrew Chatora has entered a new chapter in his literary life, not by stepping...
The history of Northern Kenya and marginalisation goes as far back as the colonial days. The same trend used by...
British athlete Lynsey Sharp has raised the ire of social media with her remarks, which seems to suggest she lost to Caster Semenya because it’s “difficult”...
When Naseemah Mohamed, Kyomuhendo A Ateenyi and Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire started Writivism in 2012, its focus was on Uganda. Today, Writivism runs workshops all over the...
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...
