Businessman and hip-hop artist Akon says his ‘ambitious’ Lighting Africa’ project is bearing fruits with roots in 14 countries
Lifestyle #Mollis and the myths behind bad sex and rape culture
In a world where countless studies have been conducted on women’s sexual pleasure and in which female ejaculation is no longer seen as a myth, some bad ideas about sex still abound. Some men still think that ‘no’ really means ‘yes’, or that demolishing a lady’s bits means they are good in bed. These ideas came to the fore last month when the #Mollis clip did the rounds on Kenyan Twitter.
Arts, Culture and Sport Taarab: to be moved by music
Taarab may be the oldest surviving genre of East African music, but what was initially a form of entertainment for the elitist classes has, today, evolved into the popular commercial realm with a sound that is widely borrowed by pop and hip-hop artistes in the region.
Politics and Society 13 Swazi maidens die in crash
Road accident kills 13 and seriously injures 20 others en route to reed dance festival
Politics and Society The true price of Nkurunziza’s third term
On Thursday 20 August, Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza surprised many when he was sworn in for his third mandate six days before the inauguration was scheduled to take place.
Arts, Culture and Sport Yvonne Owuor to raise dust in Cape Town at Open Book Festival
Kenyan writer, Yvonne Owuor will be at the 2015 Open Book Festival in South Africa to discuss violence, action and consequence, among other issues from her debut novel, Dust
Arts, Culture and Sport The passion gap: Cape Town’s enduring practice
While some people are concerned with having a perfect dentition, the intentional removal of anterior teeth has become as equally important for various reasons
Politics and Society SA gets first black female naval combat commander
Pushing boundaries, a South African mother of two becomes the continent’s first black female naval combat commander
Arts, Culture and Sport The beautiful cow dung-styled hairdos of Angola’s Mwila tribe
Having a bad hair day? How about a quick fix with some good old-fashioned cow dung?