Browsing: Africa

This week’s Facts of the Week not only highlight our motherland’s rich linguistic tapestry but also illustrate the diversity, influence and importance of African languages. Check…

From memorials outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC to marches against the cost-of-living crisis in Nigeria, here’s our weekly photo dump: New York, US -…

Rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) has been a longtime supporter of the Palestinian cause. In his words, Israel’s four-month assault on the Gaza Strip, which…

Saira Tao and Regina Jackson, co-founders of Race2Dinner, an initiative to start honest conversations about race in the United States, broke down in this clip why…

A teacher at West Charlotte High School in the US state of North Carolina has stirred up controversy over her usual choice of Black history month…

Clifton Walker was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan on February 28th, 1964, as he drove home from the International Paper Plant in Mississippi. It was…

The Ottoman Empire lasted over six centuries, yet their imperial rule – which endured longer than the Europeans’ in Africa – is often left out of…

It’s a critical moment for Julian Assange – who this week is making one final appeal to the UK’s high court to block his extradition to…

As part of Black History Month, we celebrate Afro hair. It’s hard to imagine now, but even our beautiful, natural curls were used against people of…

Sanctions are portrayed by the West as a way of punishing wrong-doers. Putting aside the question of who appointed the West the world’s policeman, the fact…