The artificial borders separating African people are part of the most enduring legacies of colonialism in Africa. The vision of...
From Blood Sisters to Half of a Yellow Sun, he was loved for his TV series and films as well...
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...
TIA asks four recent participants of the Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop during their graduation
In the (re) making of South Africa’s history, the efforts of women were often left out of the dominant narrative. So we celebrate the work of...
“I believe it’s a reflection of the deterioration of the system. Some years back Nigeria was at the forefront of research” Dr. Idris, Lagos State Commissioner...
A British online news outlet compiled a selection of photographs taken around the continent from 8 to 14 August this year. Some are interesting. Some are...
The Somali government has been lambasted for its arrests and torture of journalists employed by independent media group Shabelle Media Network
