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."
A monkey has been filmed trying its best to comply with coronavirus safety protocols – by wearing a face mask BROOKE ROLFE Coronavirus safety protocols haven’t just become second nature to most people, they seem to be rubbing off on the local wildlife too. It was a classic case of “monkey see, monkey do” in […]
PAUL MELLY With Chad’s withdrawal of troops and the imminent reduction in French troop strength from the vast Sahel region of West Africa – where jihadist groups continue to stage attack after attack, targeting civilians and soldiers without discrimination – new anti-terror tactics are afoot. Defense ministers from the G5 Sahel countries – Burkina Faso, […]
VICTOR OLUWOLE Africa has the reputation of a continent with fertile soils and vast natural resources. Beyond rich resources, Africa is also home to some of the top-ranked countries according to the World Bank’s ease of doing business index. Mauritius, for example, has a rating of 81.5 and is ranked 13 on the global rankings. […]
TIFFANY ONYEJIAKA, MALAKA GHARIB When Sedjro Ahouansou was a kid growing up in the West African country of Benin, he loved eating a traditional dish called piron, a starchy accompaniment made of cassava flour that’s served with meat and savory foods. Now a chef, Ahouansou serves the dish at his restaurant Chill N Grill in […]
NDUKA ORJINMO The Islamic police force in Kano, a Muslim-majority state in Nigeria, has raised eyebrows after it ordered shops to only use headless mannequins to advertise clothing. “Islam frowns on idolatry,” Haruna Ibn-Sina, the commander of the Sharia police known as the hisbah, told the BBC. “With the head on it looks like a […]
Many words common to science have never been written in African languages. Now, researchers from across Africa are changing that. SARAH WILD There’s no original isiZulu word for dinosaur. Germs are called amagciwane, but there are no separate words for viruses or bacteria. A quark is ikhwakhi (pronounced kwa-ki); there is no term for red […]
Jürgen Zimmerer After years of pressure, Germany recently announced that an agreement had been reached to return hundreds of priceless artefacts and artworks that had been looted from Nigeria in colonial times and were on display in German museums. Commonly called the Benin Bronzes, these beautiful and technically remarkable artworks have come to symbolize the […]
Egypt has transferred the pharaonic solar boat of ancient King Khufu to the Grand Egyptian Museum, close to the famed Giza Pyramids, authorities said on Saturday August 7. The boat, which dates back some 4,500 years, was discovered in 1954 at the southern corner of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the largest of the three […]
BRUNNO BRAGA An African painter will soon shine in outer space. After featuring in art exhibitions and galleries in Europe and the US, world-famous Ghanaian artist, Amoako Boafo, was asked to commission three panels for a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket ship. The ship will be launching on a roundtrip mission to space this fall, […]
FRANCIS AKHALBEY Jamaican lawmaker Mike Henry has tabled a motion before the Caribbean nation’s parliament seeking to demand around $10 billion from Britain as reparations for its former colonizer’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, Metro reported. This news comes after an initial Face2Face Africa report of the Jamaican government announcing its intention to petition […]