Black South Africa’s Cry About Her “Worldlessness”
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Panashe Chigumadzi “Ilizwe lifile!” The world is dead! “Ilizwe lifile!” Our ancestors cried as the 1779-1879 Wars of Dispossession expanded the reach of 1652’s settler colonial conquest deep into the South African interior. Our ancestors cried that it was not only Black […]
Ethiopia: US Travel Advisory Raised to Level 4
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The Department of State raised the Travel Advisory Level for Ethiopia to Level 4 – Do Not Travel on November 2, 2021. This replaces the previous Travel Advisory issued on June 7, 2021. The full text of the updated Travel Advisory is as […]
Africa’s First COVID-19 Vaccine Plants For Rwanda & Senegal
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By David Richard Walwyn: The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and hand-wringing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become a particularly hot topic because of the gravely unequal access to […]
Colombia’s African history And Its Powerful Historical Perspective
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Manuel Rueda Tour guide Alex Rocha stops at a large square flanked by stately colonial buildings while leading a group of tourists through the historical center of Cartagena, Colombia. The group looks at a marble statue of Christopher Columbus and a government-issued […]
Why The Erasure Of The Photo Of Young Ugandan Climate Activist At Davos went viral
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Vanessa Nakate Across Africa, the climate crisis is happening to us now, and the stories Africans have to tell are urgent – but who is listening? When The Associated Press cropped me from a photo of youth climate activists in Davos in […]
Ethiopia/Tigray: The Devastating Toll Of A vicious war
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email A year since war broke out in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, conflict in the country is intensifying. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to two experts about the worsening humanitarian situation in Tigray and the international community’s response […]
Harper’s Bazaar And Lagos Fashion Week
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email America’s Harper’s Bazaar introduced its American readers to Ms. Omoyemi Akerele, the founder of Lagos Fashion Week on its 10th year of delivering and helping to bring to the forefront Africa’s designers and its haute couture industry. Following are some of the comments […]