With his new album Love, Damini he has conquered the world. But how much of his creative soul does he...
In the good old days there were no unemployed graduates, and poetry was a sacred office. No one painted a leader in a loinskin with his...
Having a degree is often seen as the most important thing you can do to get a “good job”. But with so many unable to access...
To spectators, Tanzania’s preference for Swahili over English may seem like a sign of liberation from colonial influence. But is that how we feel? In the...
Are African women between a rock and a hard place when it comes to feminism and bodily adornment? One African female writer explores what it means...
When President Museveni announced that Arts courses were “useless”, he was tapping into a belief held by many Ugandans raised to believe an office job is...
While Tanzanian guys in their twenties worry about career advancement, women of the same age worry about getting married. Your parents, neighbours, friends, everyone expects it....
Exploring Johannesburg's inner-city sex trade: a murky world where women from across Africa sell their bodies for cash. This Is Africa took a walk on the...
The King of Swaziland has 14 wives. Who are these women? Are they gender equality activists in disguise or merely happily married traditionalists? Meet the queens.
In Northern Ghana women are banished from their communities and some are beaten and killed after being accused of witchcraft. Leo Igwe takes a closer look...
The cabinet secretary asked for a six-fold increase of the 20 ministers' salaries to $8 800 a month to cover the higher cost of living, according...
