Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Germany’s 2026 World Cup squad has leaders with African heritage. The diversity of the team is a strength. JONATHAN HARDING Most of the news about Germany’s World Cup squad was around the return of Manuel Neuer. But beyond the headlines lies another story. Eight of the 26 players representing Germany this summer have roots in […]
Senegal heads to the FIFA World Cup 2026 as one of Africa’s strongest contenders, with the Lions of Teranga aiming to build on a proud recent history at the global finals. The West Africans have become one of the continent’s most consistent teams over the last two decades, reaching the World Cup quarter-finals on debut […]
The Colombian pop star previously performed the official song for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Colombian singer Shakira unveiled the official song for the 2026 World Cup, “Dai Dai”, on Thursday, May 7. The 49-year-old posted a video on Instagram on Thursday, May 7 from Brazil’s Maracana stadium to tease the track, which […]
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Resisting mechanization, Nigerian artisans uphold the authenticity of aso-oke, now a staple in global fashion markets. In Iseyin, a sleepy town in southwestern Nigeria, shaded spaces under trees, makeshift sheds, and narrow alleys serve as production hubs for aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba people. Demand for this fabric has surged both domestically […]
A pioneering rapper and D.J. from the Bronx, Mr. Bambaataa was accused of child sexual abuse later in his career. JONATHAN ABRAMS & HANNAH ZIEGLER Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering Bronx D.J. credited with shaping and defining hip-hop in the 1970s and 1980s, whose legacy was later tarnished by widespread accusations of sexual abuse, has died. […]
Off the coast of Sierra Leone, the actor and model are fighting against tourists traps with their own vision: a tropical “eco-city” of the future. DEVIN GORDON Sherbro Island, a tropical outpost of farmers and fishermen nestled in the crook of Sierra Leone’s arcing Atlantic coastline, is about the size of Chicago, but its population […]
The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. MARINA ESCOLANO-POVEDA The beginnings of hieroglyphic writing date back to the birth of ancient Egypt at the end of the fourth millennium B.C. It was in this period […]
Less than a century after it was rediscovered, National Geographic’s correspondent explored the ruins of Petra and found its beauty almost indescribable. FRANKLIN E. HOSKINS The highlands east of the Jordan River are strewn with ruins marking the rise and fall of successive civilizations—Semitic, Greek, Roman, Christian, Mohammedan, and Crusader. These ruins have been preserved […]
This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history. CANDIDA MOSS Last May – 2025 – marks 1,700 years since the convening of what is arguably the most important and influential council in Christian history. For three months in 325 CE, Emperor Constantine gathered hundreds […]