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Architects shaping Africa: Issa Diabaté
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Lifestyle Architects shaping Africa: Issa Diabaté

By Kimon de Greef on March 27, 2014
Enough with stereotyping black people as monkeys!
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Politics and Society Enough with stereotyping black people as monkeys!

By Siji Jabbar on March 26, 2014

A Belgian newspaper portrays President Obama and his wife as apes and we are shocked. But this is not an isolated incident; it’s business as usual. Until we open our eyes, we will remain a long way from living in a “post-racial” world.

Malawi $150m aid package freeze maintained
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Politics and Society Malawi $150m aid package freeze maintained

By Khanyo Olwethu Mjamba on March 26, 2014

Foreign donors on Tuesday decided to maintain a $150 million freeze on aid to Malawi following a high-level corruption scandal that rocked Malawi last year

Malawi: Teenage lesbians caught in the act
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African identities Malawi: Teenage lesbians caught in the act

By This Is Africa on March 26, 2014

Two form three girls (names withheld) have been dismissed from Michiru Secondary School in Blantyre, Malawi for allegedly being found in a lesbianism act. According to Maravi Post, the two girls who last month (February 2014) were also being found […]

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Lifestyle Trophy Hunting: Woman Shoots Giraffe

By This Is Africa on March 25, 2014

Some of you may already be aware of this, but if like us you’re hearing about this for the first time your jaw will drop. And it’ll probably raise the same BIG questions in your mind that it did in […]

Lupita Nyong’o shout out on new Jay-Z track
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Arts, Culture and Sport Lupita Nyong’o shout out on new Jay-Z track

By Khanyo Olwethu Mjamba on March 25, 2014

It’s not every day that you hear a 31 year-old Kenyan woman’s name in the US’s mainstream hip hop airwaves – let alone from a rapper like Jay-Z. Lupita Nyong’o, the award-winning actress, accomplished this feat in a new track […]

Museveni’s empty Pan-African rhetoric
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Politics and Society Museveni’s empty Pan-African rhetoric

By Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire on March 25, 2014

As long as African leaders only challenge the West in high-sounding speeches but do nothing tangible to protect true African sovereignty, they are worse than the West they are keen to vilify. Case in point, Uganda’s President Museveni.

Thando Hopa: Albinism vs idealised beauty
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Lifestyle Thando Hopa: Albinism vs idealised beauty

By Kagiso Mnisi on March 25, 2014

Thando Hopa is a legal adviser and model. She’s also an activist fighting to change perceptions of people who suffer from Albinism. Thando and photographer Justin Dingwall have put together an exhibition that explores the counter-aesthetic of Albinism.

No learning from Sharpeville massacre
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Politics and Society No learning from Sharpeville massacre

By Kyla Herrmannsen on March 24, 2014

In his Human Rights Day speech, President Zuma claimed “We now live in a thriving democracy with equal citizenship for all and a respect for human rights and dignity.” Tell that to the families of those killed by police in the last few years alone.

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