
Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.




Onai Mushava discusses the metaphysical dimension of Zimbabwean mbaqanga pioneer Lovemore Majaivana’s music in the context of Ndebele orature.














People love their dogs. Some show more affection towards their dogs than they do towards their fellow human beings. Is this a tendency brought about by...

A video made by a group of African youths is calling on the continent's longest serving presidents to step aside and make room for democracy

A Ghanaian Associate Professor who was on the commission of inquiry spoke about worrying human rights violations in Eritrea, including unlawful detentions and sexual abuse

Over 15,000 inventions, patents and trademarks by inventors of African descent are acknowledged in this noteworthy book. Celebrate Women’s History Month by recognising some of the...

The continent's digital future is looking bright and Africans stand to benefit in areas as diverse as business, human rights, journalism the arts and more. Find...

You remember that Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s The Whispering Trees and Chika Unigwe’s NightDancer, two of the writers and books featured in the first part of these...

Religion plays a huge role in Nigerian society. It shapes daily life and social order. People who don't ascribe to religion are viewed as pariahs and...

Surgeons from South Africa's Stellenbosch University and Cape Town’s Tygerberg Hospital, have performed the world's first successful penis transplant

Tanzania has arrested more than 200 witchdoctors and traditional healers in its continued effort, to put an end to murder of albino people

It is the high time that African governments purposefully initiate youth-friendly development policies, which should be informed by young people themselves. Negotiation, dialogue and youth involvement...