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AFRICA DAY: 10 QUOTES FROM AFRICAN LEADERS Today is Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the Africa Union (AU), . The OAU was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, when 32 countries signed the OAU Charter and 22 states have since joined the continental bloc. What are your thoughts on the progress made, how THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL AND Culture can be defined as a continuous process of change that gives a community a sense of identity, dignity, continuity, security and that binds it together. It includes beliefs, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by its people. Traditional values, on the other hand, are attitudes, beliefs and actions that are standards of behaviours by which society HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
HOW CAN AFRICAN LANGUAGES BE PROTECTED? An endangered language is defined as a language that is at a risk of falling out of use as its speakers die out or shift to another language. Many African speakers have shifted to other languages, mostly foreign languages and many African indigenous languages are on the brink of being endangered, nearing extinction. How African governments save these endangered African indigenous languages? DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
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HOW CAN AFRICAN LANGUAGES BE PROTECTED? An endangered language is defined as a language that is at a risk of falling out of use as its speakers die out or shift to another language. Many African speakers have shifted to other languages, mostly foreign languages and many African indigenous languages are on the brink of being endangered, nearing extinction. How African governments save these endangered African indigenous languages? DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
CHRISTIAN AID APPOINTS ITS FIRST EVER AFRICAN CEO: AMANDA Who is Christian Aid? Christian Aid is a partnership of people, churches and local organisations committed to ending poverty worldwide. The charity organisation began in 1945, when they were founded by British and Irish churches to help refugees in the wake of the Second World War. SOUTH AFRICA’S VACCINE ROLLOUT NEEDS A BOOST The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country, and the available vaccines need to be used urgently, write the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Nicoli Nattrass and Professor Jeremy Seekings. WHY SOUTHERN AFRICA’S INTERIOR IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO Southern Africa is popularly associated with sunshine.Does that make the region exceptionally suited to solar energy generation? With electricity shortages plaguing all parts of the sub-continent, a plentiful energy source that is becoming increasingly affordable to tap into seems like an ideal solution. Yet the rollout of solar power generating facilities has been very slow in the region. IT’S APARTHEID, SAY ISRAELI AMBASSADORS TO SOUTH AFRICA During our careers in the foreign service, we both served as Israel’s ambassador to South Africa. In this position, we learned firsthand about the reality of apartheid and the horrors it inflicted. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART RETURNS THREE WORKS OF ART TO (New York, June 9, 2021)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) announced today the return of three works of art to the Nigerian National Collections: two 16th-century brass plaques created at the Court of Benin, and a brass head produced in Ife around the 14thcentury.
HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
SEVEN FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN WRITERS TO READ THIS YEAR Felwine Sarr. The name of this publisher, writer, economist, professor and musician has been on everyone’s lips since 2016 with the publication of his fourth book, an essay titled Afrotopia.. ‘Afrotopia’ is a word he coined to mean ‘an active utopia with the goal to bring out the vast spaces of the possible in the African reality in order to fertilise them’. TWITTER BAN WILL HARM NIGERIA AS A TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT Why social media matters to business. Many small and medium enterprises in Nigeria use social media, including Twitter, for marketing, pitching, attracting investors and reaching customers. An example of these are start-up technology firms like Cowrywise, a savings and investment company, and Piggyvest, an online savings platform.. Not too long ago, Cowrywise announced it was raising US$3 ALBINISM IN TANZANIA: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO BREAK THE STIGMA The light physical appearance of people with albinism is caused by an inherited condition which results in a lack of melanin. This meanspeople with
AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 SENAI WOLDERUFAEL AND THE SPICES OF ETHIOPIA Senai Wolderufael is the founder and a Managing Partner at Feed Green Ethiopia, a company that exports Ethiopian spices. Before turning to entrepreneurship in 2012, he worked for nearly four years as a customer service agent at Ethiopian Airlines, earning $150 per month. DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL AND Culture can be defined as a continuous process of change that gives a community a sense of identity, dignity, continuity, security and that binds it together. It includes beliefs, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by its people. Traditional values, on the other hand, are attitudes, beliefs and actions that are standards of behaviours by which society HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
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HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. MANAGING THE IMPACT OF FIGHTING COVID-19 ON THE MENTAL Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers. On 1 April, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warned South Africans that we were in “the calm before the devastating storm”, and that there might not be many further warnings “before the pounding descends”. Communicable disease experts and other SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
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AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL AND Culture can be defined as a continuous process of change that gives a community a sense of identity, dignity, continuity, security and that binds it together. It includes beliefs, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by its people. Traditional values, on the other hand, are attitudes, beliefs and actions that are standards of behaviours by which society DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to SCIENCE AND THE MAKING OF MY OCTOPUS TEACHER Science and the making of My Octopus Teacher. May 4, 2021. May 4, 2021. The news that My Octopus Teacher had won an Oscar for the Best Documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards was met with elation in the Cape Peninsula’s Deep South where naturalist, film-maker and co 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. NIGERIA’S FLAMBOYANT FUNERALS: CELEBRATING THE DEAD, BUT Nigeria’s elaborate and expensive funerals are rooted in history and are not unique to that country. But, says Cosmic Yoruba, the high costs and expectations surrounding these events can place a strain on the wallet and the emotions. From billboards, full-page ads in newspapers and gold-encrusted coffins to matching asoebi outfits anddancing
MEET STEPHANIE TRAVERS FROM ZIMBABWE, SHE IS MERCEDES-AMG 24 year-old Zimbabwean Stephanie Travers is the 2019 PETRONAS Trackside Fluid Engineer, beating over 7,000 applicants for the lucrative job. She will work with five-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, providing Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport, with a comprehensive suite of fluid support services during the 2019 season.#CoolestJob
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AFRICA DAY: 10 QUOTES FROM AFRICAN LEADERS Today is Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the Africa Union (AU), . The OAU was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, when 32 countries signed the OAU Charter and 22 states have since joined the continental bloc. What are your thoughts on the progress made, how THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL AND Culture can be defined as a continuous process of change that gives a community a sense of identity, dignity, continuity, security and that binds it together. It includes beliefs, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by its people. Traditional values, on the other hand, are attitudes, beliefs and actions that are standards of behaviours by which society DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to SCIENCE AND THE MAKING OF MY OCTOPUS TEACHER Science and the making of My Octopus Teacher. May 4, 2021. May 4, 2021. The news that My Octopus Teacher had won an Oscar for the Best Documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards was met with elation in the Cape Peninsula’s Deep South where naturalist, film-maker and co 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. NIGERIA’S FLAMBOYANT FUNERALS: CELEBRATING THE DEAD, BUT Nigeria’s elaborate and expensive funerals are rooted in history and are not unique to that country. But, says Cosmic Yoruba, the high costs and expectations surrounding these events can place a strain on the wallet and the emotions. From billboards, full-page ads in newspapers and gold-encrusted coffins to matching asoebi outfits anddancing
MEET STEPHANIE TRAVERS FROM ZIMBABWE, SHE IS MERCEDES-AMG 24 year-old Zimbabwean Stephanie Travers is the 2019 PETRONAS Trackside Fluid Engineer, beating over 7,000 applicants for the lucrative job. She will work with five-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, providing Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport, with a comprehensive suite of fluid support services during the 2019 season.#CoolestJob
SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
IT’S APARTHEID, SAY ISRAELI AMBASSADORS TO SOUTH AFRICA During our careers in the foreign service, we both served as Israel’s ambassador to South Africa. In this position, we learned firsthand about the reality of apartheid and the horrors it inflicted. TWITTER BAN WILL HARM NIGERIA AS A TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT Why social media matters to business. Many small and medium enterprises in Nigeria use social media, including Twitter, for marketing, pitching, attracting investors and reaching customers. An example of these are start-up technology firms like Cowrywise, a savings and investment company, and Piggyvest, an online savings platform.. Not too long ago, Cowrywise announced it was raising US$3 WHY SOUTHERN AFRICA’S INTERIOR IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO Southern Africa is popularly associated with sunshine.Does that make the region exceptionally suited to solar energy generation? With electricity shortages plaguing all parts of the sub-continent, a plentiful energy source that is becoming increasingly affordable to tap into seems like an ideal solution. Yet the rollout of solar power generating facilities has been very slow in the region. WHAT AFRICA HAD BEFORE COLONISATION What Africa had before colonisation. March 26, 2015. When Europeans arrived in Africa they found it upon themselves to bring us commerce and civilization. However, Africa had its own forms of commerce, science, art and other measures of civilisation long before thearrival of
10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. WHO ARE THE QUEENS OF SWAZILAND? Meet the queens. Annie Mebaley. The King of Swaziland Mswati III, better known for his flamboyant excesses than for his hypothetical qualities as a leader, is, by definition, allergic to democracy. The 46-year old monarch has reigned over his small landlocked nation on the brink of economic disaster for 28 years: 40 per cent of Swazis are BOOK SHOWS THE FOLLY OF PAINTING MANDELA AS EITHER SAINT Book shows the folly of painting Mandela as either saint or sellout. May 12, 2021. May 12, 2021. The suggestion that Mandela single-handedly achieved democracy is as intellectually threadbare as the charge that he was centrally responsible for the AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 THE HAMAR: THE BULL JUMPING ETHNIC GROUP OF ETHIOPIA The Hamer ethnic group has a unique initiation ritual that involves bull jumping. This practice is still practiced today. The Hamer ethnic group (also spelt Hamar) occupies the south-western region of Ethiopia. They live in a fertile part of the Omo River where they farm and rear cattle. The Hamer ethnic group is mostly made up ofpastoralists
REMEMBERING ROBERT MANGALISO SOBUKWE: 7 QUOTES We remember an African struggle icon Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. Sobukwe founded, and led the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), an anti-apartheid movement. Affectionately known as the Professor or simply "Prof", Sobukwe dedicated is life to fighting racial inequality and the apartheid regime’s racist and unjust policies. We share with you seven of his profound and timeless quotes. AFRICA DAY: 10 QUOTES FROM AFRICAN LEADERS Today is Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the Africa Union (AU), . The OAU was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, when 32 countries signed the OAU Charter and 22 states have since joined the continental bloc. What are your thoughts on the progress made, how THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL AND Culture can be defined as a continuous process of change that gives a community a sense of identity, dignity, continuity, security and that binds it together. It includes beliefs, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by its people. Traditional values, on the other hand, are attitudes, beliefs and actions that are standards of behaviours by which society DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to SCIENCE AND THE MAKING OF MY OCTOPUS TEACHER Science and the making of My Octopus Teacher. May 4, 2021. May 4, 2021. The news that My Octopus Teacher had won an Oscar for the Best Documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards was met with elation in the Cape Peninsula’s Deep South where naturalist, film-maker and co 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. NIGERIA’S FLAMBOYANT FUNERALS: CELEBRATING THE DEAD, BUT Nigeria’s elaborate and expensive funerals are rooted in history and are not unique to that country. But, says Cosmic Yoruba, the high costs and expectations surrounding these events can place a strain on the wallet and the emotions. From billboards, full-page ads in newspapers and gold-encrusted coffins to matching asoebi outfits anddancing
MEET STEPHANIE TRAVERS FROM ZIMBABWE, SHE IS MERCEDES-AMG 24 year-old Zimbabwean Stephanie Travers is the 2019 PETRONAS Trackside Fluid Engineer, beating over 7,000 applicants for the lucrative job. She will work with five-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, providing Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport, with a comprehensive suite of fluid support services during the 2019 season.#CoolestJob
SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
AFRICA DAY: 10 QUOTES FROM AFRICAN LEADERS Today is Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the Africa Union (AU), . The OAU was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, when 32 countries signed the OAU Charter and 22 states have since joined the continental bloc. What are your thoughts on the progress made, how THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL AND Culture can be defined as a continuous process of change that gives a community a sense of identity, dignity, continuity, security and that binds it together. It includes beliefs, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by its people. Traditional values, on the other hand, are attitudes, beliefs and actions that are standards of behaviours by which society DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to SCIENCE AND THE MAKING OF MY OCTOPUS TEACHER Science and the making of My Octopus Teacher. May 4, 2021. May 4, 2021. The news that My Octopus Teacher had won an Oscar for the Best Documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards was met with elation in the Cape Peninsula’s Deep South where naturalist, film-maker and co 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. NIGERIA’S FLAMBOYANT FUNERALS: CELEBRATING THE DEAD, BUT Nigeria’s elaborate and expensive funerals are rooted in history and are not unique to that country. But, says Cosmic Yoruba, the high costs and expectations surrounding these events can place a strain on the wallet and the emotions. From billboards, full-page ads in newspapers and gold-encrusted coffins to matching asoebi outfits anddancing
MEET STEPHANIE TRAVERS FROM ZIMBABWE, SHE IS MERCEDES-AMG 24 year-old Zimbabwean Stephanie Travers is the 2019 PETRONAS Trackside Fluid Engineer, beating over 7,000 applicants for the lucrative job. She will work with five-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, providing Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport, with a comprehensive suite of fluid support services during the 2019 season.#CoolestJob
SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
IT’S APARTHEID, SAY ISRAELI AMBASSADORS TO SOUTH AFRICA During our careers in the foreign service, we both served as Israel’s ambassador to South Africa. In this position, we learned firsthand about the reality of apartheid and the horrors it inflicted. TWITTER BAN WILL HARM NIGERIA AS A TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT Why social media matters to business. Many small and medium enterprises in Nigeria use social media, including Twitter, for marketing, pitching, attracting investors and reaching customers. An example of these are start-up technology firms like Cowrywise, a savings and investment company, and Piggyvest, an online savings platform.. Not too long ago, Cowrywise announced it was raising US$3 WHY SOUTHERN AFRICA’S INTERIOR IS AN IDEAL PLACE TO Southern Africa is popularly associated with sunshine.Does that make the region exceptionally suited to solar energy generation? With electricity shortages plaguing all parts of the sub-continent, a plentiful energy source that is becoming increasingly affordable to tap into seems like an ideal solution. Yet the rollout of solar power generating facilities has been very slow in the region. WHAT AFRICA HAD BEFORE COLONISATION What Africa had before colonisation. March 26, 2015. When Europeans arrived in Africa they found it upon themselves to bring us commerce and civilization. However, Africa had its own forms of commerce, science, art and other measures of civilisation long before thearrival of
10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. WHO ARE THE QUEENS OF SWAZILAND? Meet the queens. Annie Mebaley. The King of Swaziland Mswati III, better known for his flamboyant excesses than for his hypothetical qualities as a leader, is, by definition, allergic to democracy. The 46-year old monarch has reigned over his small landlocked nation on the brink of economic disaster for 28 years: 40 per cent of Swazis are BOOK SHOWS THE FOLLY OF PAINTING MANDELA AS EITHER SAINT Book shows the folly of painting Mandela as either saint or sellout. May 12, 2021. May 12, 2021. The suggestion that Mandela single-handedly achieved democracy is as intellectually threadbare as the charge that he was centrally responsible for the AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 THE HAMAR: THE BULL JUMPING ETHNIC GROUP OF ETHIOPIA The Hamer ethnic group has a unique initiation ritual that involves bull jumping. This practice is still practiced today. The Hamer ethnic group (also spelt Hamar) occupies the south-western region of Ethiopia. They live in a fertile part of the Omo River where they farm and rear cattle. The Hamer ethnic group is mostly made up ofpastoralists
REMEMBERING ROBERT MANGALISO SOBUKWE: 7 QUOTES We remember an African struggle icon Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. Sobukwe founded, and led the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), an anti-apartheid movement. Affectionately known as the Professor or simply "Prof", Sobukwe dedicated is life to fighting racial inequality and the apartheid regime’s racist and unjust policies. We share with you seven of his profound and timeless quotes. AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
MANAGING THE IMPACT OF FIGHTING COVID-19 ON THE MENTAL Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers. On 1 April, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warned South Africans that we were in “the calm before the devastating storm”, and that there might not be many further warnings “before the pounding descends”. Communicable disease experts and other SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
#AREWAMETOO: NORTHERN NIGERIAN WOMEN CALL OUT ABUSERS This spur-of-the-moment conversation, tagged by some as #ArewaMeToo (“arewa” is the Hausa word for “north”), can be seen as progress in terms of springing the conversation and women in Northern Nigeria finally opening up and finding the courage to speak out about abuse. Lawal Abubakar, who had locked his Twitter account when the SOUTH AFRICANS PREFER THEIR CHILDREN TO BE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH South Africans prefer their children to be taught in English. South African parents want their children be taught in English despite the fact that research shows that academic progress is hindered if a child is taught in a language they aren’t proficient in. English AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
MANAGING THE IMPACT OF FIGHTING COVID-19 ON THE MENTAL Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers. On 1 April, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warned South Africans that we were in “the calm before the devastating storm”, and that there might not be many further warnings “before the pounding descends”. Communicable disease experts and other SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
#AREWAMETOO: NORTHERN NIGERIAN WOMEN CALL OUT ABUSERS This spur-of-the-moment conversation, tagged by some as #ArewaMeToo (“arewa” is the Hausa word for “north”), can be seen as progress in terms of springing the conversation and women in Northern Nigeria finally opening up and finding the courage to speak out about abuse. Lawal Abubakar, who had locked his Twitter account when the SOUTH AFRICANS PREFER THEIR CHILDREN TO BE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH South Africans prefer their children to be taught in English. South African parents want their children be taught in English despite the fact that research shows that academic progress is hindered if a child is taught in a language they aren’t proficient in. English IT’S APARTHEID, SAY ISRAELI AMBASSADORS TO SOUTH AFRICA During our careers in the foreign service, we both served as Israel’s ambassador to South Africa. In this position, we learned firsthand about the reality of apartheid and the horrors it inflicted. TWITTER BAN WILL HARM NIGERIA AS A TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT Why social media matters to business. Many small and medium enterprises in Nigeria use social media, including Twitter, for marketing, pitching, attracting investors and reaching customers. An example of these are start-up technology firms like Cowrywise, a savings and investment company, and Piggyvest, an online savings platform.. Not too long ago, Cowrywise announced it was raising US$3 AFRICA DAY: 10 QUOTES FROM AFRICAN LEADERS Today is Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the Africa Union (AU), . The OAU was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, when 32 countries signed the OAU Charter and 22 states have since joined the continental bloc. What are your thoughts on the progress made, how HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
MANAGING THE IMPACT OF FIGHTING COVID-19 ON THE MENTAL Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers. On 1 April, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warned South Africans that we were in “the calm before the devastating storm”, and that there might not be many further warnings “before the pounding descends”. Communicable disease experts and other WHICH AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE “NOT FREE”? The annual Freedom in the World report, which ranks nations according to civil liberties and political rights, shows which countries are "free", "partly free" and "not free". We take a look at some of the African countries that have been classified as "partly free" and "notfree".
AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL AND Culture can be defined as a continuous process of change that gives a community a sense of identity, dignity, continuity, security and that binds it together. It includes beliefs, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by its people. Traditional values, on the other hand, are attitudes, beliefs and actions that are standards of behaviours by which society SEVEN FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN WRITERS TO READ THIS YEAR Felwine Sarr. The name of this publisher, writer, economist, professor and musician has been on everyone’s lips since 2016 with the publication of his fourth book, an essay titled Afrotopia.. ‘Afrotopia’ is a word he coined to mean ‘an active utopia with the goal to bring out the vast spaces of the possible in the African reality in order to fertilise them’. AFRICAN FESTIVALS HONOURING TWINS African Festivals honouring twins. In African mythology twins are approached with both awe and apprehension. Some ethnic groups view them as good omens while others fear that they represent impending doom. Over time cultures that revere them have come to celebrate them annually in very unique festivals. Whether identical or fraternaltwins
AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
MANAGING THE IMPACT OF FIGHTING COVID-19 ON THE MENTAL Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers. On 1 April, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warned South Africans that we were in “the calm before the devastating storm”, and that there might not be many further warnings “before the pounding descends”. Communicable disease experts and other SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
#AREWAMETOO: NORTHERN NIGERIAN WOMEN CALL OUT ABUSERS This spur-of-the-moment conversation, tagged by some as #ArewaMeToo (“arewa” is the Hausa word for “north”), can be seen as progress in terms of springing the conversation and women in Northern Nigeria finally opening up and finding the courage to speak out about abuse. Lawal Abubakar, who had locked his Twitter account when the SOUTH AFRICANS PREFER THEIR CHILDREN TO BE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH South Africans prefer their children to be taught in English. South African parents want their children be taught in English despite the fact that research shows that academic progress is hindered if a child is taught in a language they aren’t proficient in. English AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
MANAGING THE IMPACT OF FIGHTING COVID-19 ON THE MENTAL Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers. On 1 April, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warned South Africans that we were in “the calm before the devastating storm”, and that there might not be many further warnings “before the pounding descends”. Communicable disease experts and other SLAVERY IN AFRICA IS STILL ALIVE Slavery in Africa is still alive. December 4, 2014. You would think that a continent which was on the receiving end of the terrible trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries would have learnt its lessons. Not so for Africa, where Maafa (Swahili for “great disaster”), as the slave trade used to be called by someAfrican
#AREWAMETOO: NORTHERN NIGERIAN WOMEN CALL OUT ABUSERS This spur-of-the-moment conversation, tagged by some as #ArewaMeToo (“arewa” is the Hausa word for “north”), can be seen as progress in terms of springing the conversation and women in Northern Nigeria finally opening up and finding the courage to speak out about abuse. Lawal Abubakar, who had locked his Twitter account when the SOUTH AFRICANS PREFER THEIR CHILDREN TO BE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH South Africans prefer their children to be taught in English. South African parents want their children be taught in English despite the fact that research shows that academic progress is hindered if a child is taught in a language they aren’t proficient in. English IT’S APARTHEID, SAY ISRAELI AMBASSADORS TO SOUTH AFRICA During our careers in the foreign service, we both served as Israel’s ambassador to South Africa. In this position, we learned firsthand about the reality of apartheid and the horrors it inflicted. TWITTER BAN WILL HARM NIGERIA AS A TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT Why social media matters to business. Many small and medium enterprises in Nigeria use social media, including Twitter, for marketing, pitching, attracting investors and reaching customers. An example of these are start-up technology firms like Cowrywise, a savings and investment company, and Piggyvest, an online savings platform.. Not too long ago, Cowrywise announced it was raising US$3 AFRICA DAY: 10 QUOTES FROM AFRICAN LEADERS Today is Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the Africa Union (AU), . The OAU was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, when 32 countries signed the OAU Charter and 22 states have since joined the continental bloc. What are your thoughts on the progress made, how HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
MANAGING THE IMPACT OF FIGHTING COVID-19 ON THE MENTAL Managing the impact of fighting Covid-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers. On 1 April, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize warned South Africans that we were in “the calm before the devastating storm”, and that there might not be many further warnings “before the pounding descends”. Communicable disease experts and other WHICH AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE “NOT FREE”? The annual Freedom in the World report, which ranks nations according to civil liberties and political rights, shows which countries are "free", "partly free" and "not free". We take a look at some of the African countries that have been classified as "partly free" and "notfree".
AFRICAN CULTURES AND THE PROMOTION OF SEXUAL AND Culture can be defined as a continuous process of change that gives a community a sense of identity, dignity, continuity, security and that binds it together. It includes beliefs, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by its people. Traditional values, on the other hand, are attitudes, beliefs and actions that are standards of behaviours by which society SEVEN FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN WRITERS TO READ THIS YEAR Felwine Sarr. The name of this publisher, writer, economist, professor and musician has been on everyone’s lips since 2016 with the publication of his fourth book, an essay titled Afrotopia.. ‘Afrotopia’ is a word he coined to mean ‘an active utopia with the goal to bring out the vast spaces of the possible in the African reality in order to fertilise them’. AFRICAN FESTIVALS HONOURING TWINS African Festivals honouring twins. In African mythology twins are approached with both awe and apprehension. Some ethnic groups view them as good omens while others fear that they represent impending doom. Over time cultures that revere them have come to celebrate them annually in very unique festivals. Whether identical or fraternaltwins
THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 MEET MAJOR MANDISA MFEKA, SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST BLACK April 17, 2019. Mandisa Mfeka joined the South African Air Force in 2008 and earned her wings a year after starting flying school in 2010. Now she is South Africa’s first black female combat pilot. Kylie Kiunguyu. Mandisa Mfeka has been fascinated by aeroplanes from the ageof five.
REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
NAMIBIAN LEARNER INVENTS SIM-FREE MOBILE PHONE, WHICH Namibian learner invents SIM-free mobile phone, which doesn’t use airtime. August 4, 2016. A Namibian Grade 12 learner Simon Petrus is making waves after he invented a mobile phone, with no sim-card, which uses radio signals and doesn’t require airtime to make calls. ThisIs Africa.
HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
RWANDA: UMUGANDA A TRADITIONAL CULTURAL INITIATIVE The word Umuganda in Kinyarwanda can be translated as ‘coming together in common purpose to achieve an outcome for the benefit of a person, society or nation’. In traditional Rwandan culture, members of the community would call upon their family, friends and neighbours to help them complete a various tasks, such as building a house, bridge, roads, schools, churches amongst other WHO ARE THE QUEENS OF SWAZILAND? Meet the queens. Annie Mebaley. The King of Swaziland Mswati III, better known for his flamboyant excesses than for his hypothetical qualities as a leader, is, by definition, allergic to democracy. The 46-year old monarch has reigned over his small landlocked nation on the brink of economic disaster for 28 years: 40 per cent of Swazis are 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
MEET MAJOR MANDISA MFEKA, SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST BLACK April 17, 2019. Mandisa Mfeka joined the South African Air Force in 2008 and earned her wings a year after starting flying school in 2010. Now she is South Africa’s first black female combat pilot. Kylie Kiunguyu. Mandisa Mfeka has been fascinated by aeroplanes from the ageof five.
NAMIBIAN LEARNER INVENTS SIM-FREE MOBILE PHONE, WHICH Namibian learner invents SIM-free mobile phone, which doesn’t use airtime. August 4, 2016. A Namibian Grade 12 learner Simon Petrus is making waves after he invented a mobile phone, with no sim-card, which uses radio signals and doesn’t require airtime to make calls. ThisIs Africa.
HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
RWANDA: UMUGANDA A TRADITIONAL CULTURAL INITIATIVE The word Umuganda in Kinyarwanda can be translated as ‘coming together in common purpose to achieve an outcome for the benefit of a person, society or nation’. In traditional Rwandan culture, members of the community would call upon their family, friends and neighbours to help them complete a various tasks, such as building a house, bridge, roads, schools, churches amongst other WHO ARE THE QUEENS OF SWAZILAND? Meet the queens. Annie Mebaley. The King of Swaziland Mswati III, better known for his flamboyant excesses than for his hypothetical qualities as a leader, is, by definition, allergic to democracy. The 46-year old monarch has reigned over his small landlocked nation on the brink of economic disaster for 28 years: 40 per cent of Swazis are 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
WE REMEMBER YOUNG AFRICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS WHO WERE May 25, 2017. Today we remember the highly intelligent, revolutionary, fearless African political leaders and activists who were assassinated towards independence and after their respective countries attained independence. Socrates Mbamalu. From the turmoil in DR Congo which many trace to the assassination of Patrice Lumumba to the spirit of 10 QUOTES FROM PATRICE LUMUMBA A Pan-Africanist and iconic revolutionary, Lumumba, founder and leader of the Mouvement National Congolais (MNC) party was Congo’s independence leader and the first democratically elected leader of the country. He dedicated his life to fighting colonialism, exploitationand injustices.
INSIDE THE AFRICA UNION: THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE The Organisation of the African Unity (OAU) founding fathers gallery is hard to miss immediately upon entering the African Union complex in Addis Ababa. The gallery includes portraits of 38 heads of states. The OAU was founded by 32 countries. 23 countries have joined the Africa Union over the years which replaced the OAU in 2001. DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to NIGERIA’S FLAMBOYANT FUNERALS: CELEBRATING THE DEAD, BUT Nigeria’s elaborate and expensive funerals are rooted in history and are not unique to that country. But, says Cosmic Yoruba, the high costs and expectations surrounding these events can place a strain on the wallet and the emotions. From billboards, full-page ads in newspapers and gold-encrusted coffins to matching asoebi outfits anddancing
AFRICAN VEGANS ARE A RETURN TO TRADITION African vegans are a return to tradition. August 2, 2017. The fancy jargon surrounding the current foodie movement makes it seem as if current trends such as veganism and paleo diets are new discoveries. But the phrase ‘African vegan’ is not an oxymoron. Pre-colonial Africans did, in fact, rely predominantly on a plant-based diet. #AREWAMETOO: NORTHERN NIGERIAN WOMEN CALL OUT ABUSERS This spur-of-the-moment conversation, tagged by some as #ArewaMeToo (“arewa” is the Hausa word for “north”), can be seen as progress in terms of springing the conversation and women in Northern Nigeria finally opening up and finding the courage to speak out about abuse. Lawal Abubakar, who had locked his Twitter account when the THE PENIS ENLARGEMENT HUSTLE IN SOUTH AFRICA No matter how often women reassure men that size does not matter, men still can’t help craving bigger ones. In South Africa, it’s really easy to buy penis enlarging creams. Price Check even compares the prices of competing products. THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 MEET MAJOR MANDISA MFEKA, SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST BLACK April 17, 2019. Mandisa Mfeka joined the South African Air Force in 2008 and earned her wings a year after starting flying school in 2010. Now she is South Africa’s first black female combat pilot. Kylie Kiunguyu. Mandisa Mfeka has been fascinated by aeroplanes from the ageof five.
REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
NAMIBIAN LEARNER INVENTS SIM-FREE MOBILE PHONE, WHICH Namibian learner invents SIM-free mobile phone, which doesn’t use airtime. August 4, 2016. A Namibian Grade 12 learner Simon Petrus is making waves after he invented a mobile phone, with no sim-card, which uses radio signals and doesn’t require airtime to make calls. ThisIs Africa.
HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
RWANDA: UMUGANDA A TRADITIONAL CULTURAL INITIATIVE The word Umuganda in Kinyarwanda can be translated as ‘coming together in common purpose to achieve an outcome for the benefit of a person, society or nation’. In traditional Rwandan culture, members of the community would call upon their family, friends and neighbours to help them complete a various tasks, such as building a house, bridge, roads, schools, churches amongst other WHO ARE THE QUEENS OF SWAZILAND? Meet the queens. Annie Mebaley. The King of Swaziland Mswati III, better known for his flamboyant excesses than for his hypothetical qualities as a leader, is, by definition, allergic to democracy. The 46-year old monarch has reigned over his small landlocked nation on the brink of economic disaster for 28 years: 40 per cent of Swazis are 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HERERO DRESS The Historic Significance of the Herero Dress. Through the evolution of a Victorian-style dress culture, the Herero women of Namibia have held on to a piece of 19th century history to showcase pride in their identity and as a symbol of their troubled history. The clothes that Herero women choose to wear is a permanent reminder of the tribe’s AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN In addition, women’s labour force participation rate is nearly at par with men. Despite being ranked very low in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, largely due to inhibitive factors these African countries are positioned among the top 10 globally in terms of Women’s Business Ownership rates; Uganda (38.2%, rank 1), Ghana (37 MEET MAJOR MANDISA MFEKA, SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST BLACK April 17, 2019. Mandisa Mfeka joined the South African Air Force in 2008 and earned her wings a year after starting flying school in 2010. Now she is South Africa’s first black female combat pilot. Kylie Kiunguyu. Mandisa Mfeka has been fascinated by aeroplanes from the ageof five.
REMEMBERING FRANTZ FANON: TOP 10 QUOTES BY THE PAN-AFRICAN 1. “For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”. ― The Wretched of the Earth. 2. “The oppressed will always believe the worst aboutthemselves.”. 3.
NAMIBIAN LEARNER INVENTS SIM-FREE MOBILE PHONE, WHICH Namibian learner invents SIM-free mobile phone, which doesn’t use airtime. August 4, 2016. A Namibian Grade 12 learner Simon Petrus is making waves after he invented a mobile phone, with no sim-card, which uses radio signals and doesn’t require airtime to make calls. ThisIs Africa.
HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
RWANDA: UMUGANDA A TRADITIONAL CULTURAL INITIATIVE The word Umuganda in Kinyarwanda can be translated as ‘coming together in common purpose to achieve an outcome for the benefit of a person, society or nation’. In traditional Rwandan culture, members of the community would call upon their family, friends and neighbours to help them complete a various tasks, such as building a house, bridge, roads, schools, churches amongst other WHO ARE THE QUEENS OF SWAZILAND? Meet the queens. Annie Mebaley. The King of Swaziland Mswati III, better known for his flamboyant excesses than for his hypothetical qualities as a leader, is, by definition, allergic to democracy. The 46-year old monarch has reigned over his small landlocked nation on the brink of economic disaster for 28 years: 40 per cent of Swazis are 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. HAS PAUL KAGAME FLOWN TOO HIGH? Peter Fabricius. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has established himself in the eyes of the wider world at least, as an African leader to be reckoned with. 10 QUOTES FROM KWAME NKRUMAH We pay homage to him by remembering the words he left us with in his quest to see the liberation, unification and development of Africa. 1. “I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”. 2. “We face neither East nor West; We face forward”. – Conference speech delivered in Accra, 1960. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND SEXUALITY IN SOUTH AFRICA? South Africa has a complex and diverse history regarding LGBT+ rights. Their legal and social status has been influenced by a combination of traditional South African culture, colonialism and the lingering effects of apartheid. South Africa's post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexualorientation.
WE REMEMBER YOUNG AFRICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS WHO WERE May 25, 2017. Today we remember the highly intelligent, revolutionary, fearless African political leaders and activists who were assassinated towards independence and after their respective countries attained independence. Socrates Mbamalu. From the turmoil in DR Congo which many trace to the assassination of Patrice Lumumba to the spirit of 10 QUOTES FROM PATRICE LUMUMBA A Pan-Africanist and iconic revolutionary, Lumumba, founder and leader of the Mouvement National Congolais (MNC) party was Congo’s independence leader and the first democratically elected leader of the country. He dedicated his life to fighting colonialism, exploitationand injustices.
INSIDE THE AFRICA UNION: THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE The Organisation of the African Unity (OAU) founding fathers gallery is hard to miss immediately upon entering the African Union complex in Addis Ababa. The gallery includes portraits of 38 heads of states. The OAU was founded by 32 countries. 23 countries have joined the Africa Union over the years which replaced the OAU in 2001. DESALINATION PLANT IN KENYA’S COAST IS A CASE STUDY IN Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis. In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to NIGERIA’S FLAMBOYANT FUNERALS: CELEBRATING THE DEAD, BUT Nigeria’s elaborate and expensive funerals are rooted in history and are not unique to that country. But, says Cosmic Yoruba, the high costs and expectations surrounding these events can place a strain on the wallet and the emotions. From billboards, full-page ads in newspapers and gold-encrusted coffins to matching asoebi outfits anddancing
AFRICAN VEGANS ARE A RETURN TO TRADITION African vegans are a return to tradition. August 2, 2017. The fancy jargon surrounding the current foodie movement makes it seem as if current trends such as veganism and paleo diets are new discoveries. But the phrase ‘African vegan’ is not an oxymoron. Pre-colonial Africans did, in fact, rely predominantly on a plant-based diet. #AREWAMETOO: NORTHERN NIGERIAN WOMEN CALL OUT ABUSERS This spur-of-the-moment conversation, tagged by some as #ArewaMeToo (“arewa” is the Hausa word for “north”), can be seen as progress in terms of springing the conversation and women in Northern Nigeria finally opening up and finding the courage to speak out about abuse. Lawal Abubakar, who had locked his Twitter account when the THE PENIS ENLARGEMENT HUSTLE IN SOUTH AFRICA No matter how often women reassure men that size does not matter, men still can’t help craving bigger ones. In South Africa, it’s really easy to buy penis enlarging creams. Price Check even compares the prices of competing products.Skip to content
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By This is Africa on August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 A Kenyan MP was ejected from parliament after she brought, and tried to breastfeed her baby in the house. Zuleikha Hassan brought her five-month-old baby into parliament because of an emergency at home. Many African countries are still lagging behind in supporting breastfeeding in the workplace. Governments, and employers are obligated to provide an environment that empowers women to breastfeedtheir children.
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Working with bone artefacts from archaeological sites in South Africa’s southern Cape region, we’ve been able to show that some implements might have been used for sound production in the past. Politics and Society article comment count is: 0 POLITICS AND SOCIETY BOBI WINE CHARGED WITH “ANNOYING” UGANDAN PRESIDENT, YOWERI MUSEVENI By Socrates Mbamalu on August 8, 2019 It is an offence to now “annoy” President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. This was one of the charges filed against Ugandan Member of Parliament, and “Ghetto President”, Robert Kyagulanyi widely knownas Bobi Wine.
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A reread of an article published in September 1985 by West Africa, a weekly magazine shows that Nigeria is facing the same economic, and political challenges it faced three decades ago when President Buhariwas Head of State.
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Uganda boasts of a thriving music scene, and the multidisciplinary Bayimba International Festival of the Arts recently held in Lunkulu Island serves to bolster the various art forms. The four-day event has become an important platform for the consumption, and authentic experience of various exciting artistic acts. Arts and Culture article comment count is: 0 ARTS AND CULTURE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN AUTHOR OF HER GENERATION, TONI MORRISON’S WRITING WAS RADICALLY AMBIGUOUS By The Conversation on August 7,2019August 7, 2019
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