Tag: African

My mission to understand the world, its cultures, and its people has led me to French-speaking Africa. Cameroon, to be precise. I am here for two months to help an NGO that works on improving awareness and treatment of mental health in the country. Next to my volunteering, I want to find out how ...

Collecting Contemporary Art and being an art patron are very exhilarating, purposeful, and fulfilling passions. Simply, an art collector collects art for the sake of collecting, and an art patron goes beyond collecting art and plays the role of sponsor and advocate for the expansion and preservation...

South Africa has existed and continues to exist in a very politically and socially charged reality. With apartheid in the recent past and continuing problems of inequality and integration into a new system, the country has seen quite a bit of activism in all forms surrounding dissatisfaction with it...

The final question is, what does this mean, and why does this matter?These answers are embedded in the Wakandan vibranium nano-circuit fibres of the exhibition, Ascension Tech, by the multimedia and transdisciplinary Nigerian-Canadian artist — Adeyemi Adegbesan. Adeyemi, whose name means ...

When people think of animals that could be driven extinct by climate change, they usually think of polar bears and, perhaps these days, emperor penguins, both of which are struggling to survive due to the lack of sea ice at the poles. But a newly published study by a team of researchers based in Gre...

A myth from the Kamba tribe in Kenya¹ offers an origin story for elephants that explains their intelligence: elephants were once human. In the tale, a poor man, hearing of the wealthy, generous Ivonya-Ngia (“He that feeds the Poor”), set out to discover the secret to being rich. Aft...

Last week, the world was warned that it is on track to cross a crucial threshold. While the Paris Agreement recognized the need to limit global temperature rise since the Industrial Revolution to 2°C, it “aimed” for 1.5°. Given the world’s failure to doing anythin...

When I began dating my wife in 1995, she had locks. Long and beautiful coils ran like the Nile down her back. They ended at her bottom. An invitation to learn more about who she was—a New Orleans girl with a red bean and rice swagger and skin as brown as gumbo rue. Her hair intrigued me. Ea...

Advocates for genomic research in Africa are worried about fallout from a dispute that has roiled the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a major genome research center in Hinxton, U.K. Last year, whistleblowers privately accused Sanger of commercializing a gene chip without proper legal agreements with part...

Back in 2013, I received a position as teachers aide for a Professor that taught at risk students effective study skills. The class was called, Study Skills-101 or something like that. Part of my duties as the teachers aide was to hang around her office during office hours in case anyone wante...

I’m a university professor at a small HWCU (Historically White College/University). We’re much more familiar with the HBCU (Historically Black College/University) title than the HWCU title, but why do we identify specific colleges and universities as HBCUs and not other colleges as HWCUs...

Ibarely made it passed the headline that caught my eye when my brain suddenly renamed the article from am “esteemed” Queen’s English paper: British Destructive Military Occupation Relabeled as “It’s your fault Africa you’re poor.” That’s what my brain ...

Asmall group of birds, the sandgrouse, that dwell in Africa’s forbidding deserts have long mystified and delighted observers because they absorb and carry water in their breast feathers whilst flying long distances to water their thirsty chicks. How do they do this? Thanks to the use of high r...

Gannibal was born to a noble African family and was a son of a prince. His father owned many slaves and was in the business of trading slaves with the Ottoman Empire. In those days, African slaves were a big business in Europe and the Ottoman empire. At the age of eight, Gannibal’s hometown wa...

West Africa is an area rich in many customs and civilizations, each having its own distinctive manner of commemorating and marking important life events. Even while certain customs and festivals are well-known and observed, many others are kept in the local communities but are less well-known. Th...

Move over ordinary fashion darlings! Today, we’re bowing down to the sartorial queen bee herself, Kate — a woman who embodies audacity, elegance, and enough sass to rival Beyonce. I don’t think anyone who loves fashion in the Kenyan industry, has failed to notice Kate actress. Once...

If we think about African American history in this country, it’s easy to see how a group of people can develop their own language. For centuries, white people enslaved African Americans and denied them access to education and literacy lessons, forcing them to learn how to communicate with e...

With the 2023–24 NBA Preseason in the books, it’s time to take a look at the top 25 African players in the league, ranked in order ahead of Opening Night. When considering qualifying candidates, not only did I look at guys who were born on the continent, but also included those whose ...