JESSICA O’LEARY Standing before the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal in 1556, Mónica Fernandes, a woman from the coast of modern-day Ghana, was accused of casting malevolent spells and making pacts with demons. Her crime? Seeking a traditional Akan remedy for a simple cat bite. The Portuguese Inquisition was a powerful institution tasked with identifying, investigating […]
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CANDIDA MOSS There is no doubting the importance of Moses to Jews and Christians. According to the Hebrew Bible, Moses was the one who delivered the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, guided them through the wilderness, and received the Ten Commandments from God. For historians, however, the existence of Moses has been a fiercely […]
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KEERSTEN FITZGERALD When it comes to penises, we seem unable to escape the idea that “bigger is better”. Popular culture and pornography constantly present us with unrealistic standards – that penises should be long, thick and hard. This can skew ideas about what is “normal”. For example, one study found men believe the average penis […]
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EDITH MENSAH The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has unveiled ambitious plans to immortalize the legacy of Ghanaian music legends, including Highlife icon Daddy Lumba, who died recently, with a national Music Museum and Hall of Fame. This development comes as public concern grows over the inadequate recognition and documentation of Ghana’s music pioneers, particularly […]
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WEDAELI CHIBELUSHI US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering nationality to the descendants of slaves. In an Instagram post the Grammy award-winner said she was “honored”, adding “thank you Benin for opening your arms and your heart to me”. The […]
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New York is the most linguistically diverse city on the planet. Can it stay that way? ROSS PERLIN Seke is an endangered language originally spoken in five villages of northern Nepal, but its future may depend on a handful of vertical villages: apartment buildings in the middle of Brooklyn, New York. How did a little-documented, […]
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Nnamdi O. Madichie, Motshedisi Mathibe, NobuLali Dangazele Every December in Nigeria and Ghana a giant party takes place, unfolding in a whirlwind of concerts, festivals, weddings, art shows, dress-ups, meet-ups and travel. Locals and diaspora west Africans returning from overseas come together to create Detty December, a festive event stretching from mid-December to the new […]
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RACHEL AMA ASAA ENGMANN Thousands of sculpted heads – captive African men, women, and children – meticulously created by the artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, emerge from the soil at the Nkyinkyim Museum, as a sacred gathering of ancestors. Together, they form a powerful monument to the horror, violence, and resistance to enslavement, as well as the […]
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After the war, he became a horticulturist and developed exotic plants ad rare flowers that he sold to wealthy people.
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He fought in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, among others
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