We have now moved beyond the Shock Doctrine. The empire is not executing a crisis. It is being executed by...
With his new album Love, Damini he has conquered the world. But how much of his creative soul does he...
What makes someone African? In a globalised world, is there such a thing as an African identity? If you’re African by origin but were born and...
Anti-Black racism from Arabs is nothing new, but anti-Black racism from East and South-East Asians is not what most Nigerians expect. I work at an Asian...
When one looks and listens to business, political and cultural leaders, we are most likely to see and hear speeches of African people that not only...
Government officials have confirmed that over 100 people were killed by gunmen in Kaduna state over the weekend. Police also ratified the incident but declined to...
Work has begun on rebuilding the desecrated tombs of Timbuktu. The rebuilding takes place to rectify the damage that was caused by Islamic militants who destroyed the...
A month after the president’s birthday celebrations and his daughter’s extravagant wedding, flood-stricken Zimbabwe is up in alms following the heavy rains of the past fortnight....
With so much media attention on the Oscar Pistorius case, you’d be forgiven for thinking the killing of women by their partners is a rare occurrence...
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...
