
A documentary exploring abuses committed by British colonial forces against the Mau Mau in the 1950s has been released. It...














Music as a form of political and social protest was common in South Africa throughout the apartheid years, but as we mark our 20th Anniversary of...

Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina is the most high profile person to come out as gay in Africa, earning a place at the centre of the emotionally...

In February, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina earned a place at the centre of the emotionally fraught debate over homosexuality in Africa. In this far-ranging interview, Mr....

South Africa's main political opposition party the DA has accused President Jacob Zuma of insulting former president Nelson Mandela's views on human rights through his failure...

After raiding the offices of Walter Reed Project for training homosexuals earlier, the Uganda Police have now alleged that the now closed Makerere University Walter Reed...

South Africa positions itself as a continental leader, but the domestic reality is very different with immigration policies becoming increasingly stringent. This not only sanctions xenophobia...

Nigerian church. Kenyan church. Wherever you are in the Diaspora, you will find – among the multicultural churches - many African churches filled with one particular...

Star Quest, the music talent show which produced major Nigerian music and entertainment stars like P Square, Asa, KCEE, Klint D’Drunk, Mr Raw, and helped kick...

Under colonial rule, traditional healers were deemed backward and outlawed. Little was done to investigate the legitimacy of what these healers actually did. Today the prejudice...

The son of a camel herder, Hassan Bashir knows how tough traditional life in Kenya's arid north is, where pastoralists rely on livestock herds surviving boom...