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."
Case brought by Muslim leaders and MP follows failed 2024 bid and seen as part of global anti-women’s rights backlash SARAH JOHNSON A group of religious leaders and an MP in the Gambia have launched efforts to overturn a ban on female genital mutilation at the country’s supreme court. The court case, due to resume […]
Meagan Good began dating Jonathan Majors in 2023 BOUBACAR DIALLO Hollywood actors Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have been granted Guinean citizenship, tracing their ancestry to the West African nation via DNA testing. The pair received their new nationality in a private ceremony in Conakry on Friday, January 9, 2026. They were scheduled to tour […]
PULCHERIE ADJOHA & ROBBIE COREY-BOULET Citizenship program part of Benin’s plan to raise global profile Thousands have applied, about 50 approved so far Spike Lee named ambassador to African-Americans Isaline Attelly, a native of the Caribbean island of Martinique, had been living in Benin for nearly a year before she learned that her family’s connection […]
CRISTINA BURACK Best known for large-scale burlap sack installations, Ibrahim Mahama is helping shift power in the art world to the Global South while redefining art as a collective practice. A rough burlap sack launched Ibrahim Mahama to global fame. In 2015, when Mahama was in his late 20s and finishing up his fine arts […]
Facing unemployment and social tensions, young people in Madagascar are returning to ancestral possession rituals and traditions tied to identity and belonging. In a small town near Mahajanga, chants of the Sakalava, one of Madagascar’s ethnic groups, drift through the open windows of a house where around 60 guests, mostly young people, are gathered in […]
Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities. SOMINI SENGUPTA Ismet Booley, a dentist in Cape Town, had a serious problem a few years ago. Patients showed up for appointments, only to find the power had gone out. No power meant no X-rays, […]
FABIANA BUONTEMPO There’s no denying that the costs of weddings these days are astronomically high — but if you’re inviting guests to attend your black-tie, 7-hour wedding, the least you can do is feed them. One disgruntled attendee took to Reddit’s r/weddingshaming forum to share that exact experience at a recent wedding they attended. “… […]
KRISTIN WRIGHT After a 137-year struggle, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition from the U.S. government. Members of the Native American tribe shed tears as it reached the historic milestone in Washington, D.C., this week. Tribal Chairman John L. Lowery witnessed President Trump sign the bill that extended acknowledgment […]
KOFI AYIM As Gardiner explains of ancient Egypt, “Among officials whose duty it was to look after the king’s own person there were sandal bearers, keepers of the robes and crowns, barbers, and physicians, the last sometimes highly specialized like oculists, stomach doctors, and the like. A host of servants were employed in kitchen and […]
KOFI AYIM Merry Christmas! We used to say to each other not long ago. The spirit of Christmas would affect every home before December 25. Those were the days when we were young back home in Ghana. We would put on (or were made to put on) the best of clothes and shoes. Every parent, […]