By Yakubu Liman, bird story agency It is noon in the congested city of Kano, and Aisha Abubakar Usman is standing on the sidewalk, waiting for...
At 15, after a complicated delivery, Theresa Kadzura suffered an obstetric fistula, which hindered her from living a full life. This is a story of how...
By Phendu Kuta, bird story agency For an artist with deep Congolese roots and proud cultural immersion, the inspiration of Rumba in an art show is...
By Edith Chepngeno, bird story agency “Barely a month after I buried the love of my life, my in-laws descended on us. First, my brother-in-law said...
There are very few musicians alive today who know how to play the makhoyane, the traditional instrument of the Swati. Most are elderly. Enter Thobile Magagula,...
By Dorcas Bello, bird story agency A storefront situated between distinctive rock outcrops in the Gwarandok community in Jos reveals a display of locally-made shoes whose...
Sylvia Gathoni‘s passion has turned into a career, allowing her to travel the world. It’s also given her a platform – one she’s using to highlight...
15-year-old Cameroonian Wendy Musi and her schoolmates are pushing past taboos and becoming champions of awareness and information around menstruation and female health. By Brenda Kiven...
Thanks to the growing economies and population of Africa, the needs of the continent’s built environment are offering architects a unique opportunity to influence how the...
Vlogger and photographer, Khalid Abdul has spent the last five years travelling around northern Nigeria. His pictures show why the area should be a bucket list...
By Jacques Achilles, bird story agency Michael Olawole’s passion for African designs has unleashed a wave of African print fashion on the East African island nation...
By Gabriella Opara, bird story agency Entrepreneur Kunle Adeyanju is someone who leads by example. Riding through 42 cities in 13 countries, he has campaigned to...
By Arekpitan Ikhenaode, bird story agency Kenyan poet and therapist Onyango Otieno has set out to free men from what he regards as a cage of...
By Tafadzwa Ufumeli, bird story agency “Giving back” and assisting the next generation is growing in popularity all over the continent. And as a former pro...
By Victor Eyike, bird story agency For bronze caster, Alex Agbonmwenre, the return of the Benin Bronzes is about far more than the return of looted...
A buzz of activity creates a welcoming din at Maisha Girls Safe House in the sprawling Eastlands area of Nairobi. Young girls move up and down,...
Uzoma Dunkwu is a man on a mission—to inspire generations of African children to connect with their heritage and culture. The Nigerian artist recently focused his...
In April 2020, Setsembele Siphumelele Hlanze decided she’d had enough. She’d been waiting for the world to “restart” after the early COVID-19 lockdowns, but that wasn’t...
As the midday sun shone relentlessly on the tarmac of the Whistling Morans race circuit on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and the track...
In a life-sized compound located in the heart of the marbled hall of the Doudou Ndiaye Coumba Rose National Grand Theatre, Alioune Diagne offers a retrospective...
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