Widows in Nigeria are still exposed to harmful practices.
African beliefs
Arts, Culture and Sport Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism is the difference important?
The term Afrofuturism is being rejected by writers of African descent because it is a distinctly different genre that should not be used interchangeably with Africanfuturism. The latter centres the African point of view, experience, culture, themes, and history with technology-based in Africa, not the diaspora.
African identities LGBTI refugees seeking protection in Kenya struggle to survive in a hostile environment
LGBTI refugees from other countries expect Kenya to be safer but are quickly disillusioned.
African identities Enforced equality in parenting: The beginning of mandatory paternal responsibility?
Equal parenting is a concept that is gaining traction as more men push for active roles in child-rearing and more women call for a shift in normative parenting roles. In many African countries, this concept could help overturn paternal absenteeism.
Arts, Culture and Sport Rethinking ukuthwala, the South African ‘bride abduction’ custom
Perceptions of marriage abduction as a recent phenomenon hide the violence that has been done to women as part of culture.
Arts, Culture and Sport What history teaches us about shaping South Africa’s new cannabis laws
Policy makers need to protect and promote the interests of people whose indigenous knowledge and toil developed a thriving national cannabis economy – in the face of harsh police crackdowns.
Arts, Culture and Sport Traditional beliefs inform attitudes to disability in Africa. Why it matters
It’s important to unravel how disability is understood as a step towards improving the well-being of disabled people.
Arts, Culture and Sport Robert Nesta ‘Kwabena’ Marley, African philosophy and Agenda 2063
Reggae legend, Robert Marley who died on 11, May 1981 would have turned 75 this year. Marley sang about the struggles of African people while signifying the need for Pan-African unity. As far as the African dream of a free, united and strong Africa is concerned, the words of Marley continue to be relevant to the fight for the total liberation of the continent.
Arts, Culture and Sport Unpacking the role of religious counselling services in Ghana
Religious counsellors form one of several avenues where people seek help for problems that they encounter in life.