‘You’re not playing for 60 million people, you’re playing for 1.4 billion people’: African rugby boss Herbert Mensah lauds Boks’...
A 170-carat pink diamond believed to be one of the largest rough diamonds globally has been found in Angola. The...
Ugandan rights activists and politicians have filed a legal challenge to overturn the anti-gay law that was recently signed in law by president Museveni.
Mos Def, who is now known as Yaasin Bey, delivered the keynote address at Music Exchange 2014, a music industry conference hosted in Cape Town, his...
"I remember a time when I too felt unbeautiful. I put on the TV and only saw pale skin, I got teased and taunted about my...
All that goodness attached to African textiles is valuable, but more for the purpose of international marketing, not for Africans. We do care, but an organic...
One of the things our cultures have in common is their reverence for elders. But is merely being around for a long time enough? Shouldn’t respect...
The world’s media has descended on South Africa for the trial of the country’s former sporting hero Oscar Pistorius. It’s been called "the most eagerly awaited...
Google "Maasai" and "products", and you will find Maasai figurines, by a British company called The Emporium Gifts, Masai Land Rover accessories, Maasai Beanies by 10...
"Oya: Rise of the Orisha" is an upcoming feature film that blends the Western superhero genre with Yoruba mythology. The film garnered internet attention following their...
Fifty years ago an unmarried 25-year-old African woman was seen as odd. A husband and family was supposed to be your life’s goal. Thank God we’ve...
While the world celebrates Gaddafi’s downfall and removal, the response across Africa is more muted. Could that be because we always saw through the Western media’s...
