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,...
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...
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 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...
Dr Chinonso Fidelis Egemba, 31, was in his fourth year at Nnamdi Azikiwe University when he and some of his medical student colleagues helped diagnose a...
On a regular school day at a junior secondary school in south-eastern Nigeria, an Igbo language teacher walks into a classroom and begins the lesson with...
From a very young age, Kemisola Bolarinwa has been an innovator. She still recalls the joy of her first eureka moment in high school when together...
Kengran Liza Vernyuy fondly recollects her grandfather’s tomato farm in Ntonghi, in the Bui Division of Cameroon’s Northwestern Region. Born into a farming family, Liza Kengran...
When Kikuna Lwembe returned home from uni with his academic certificate tucked in a briefcase, he jumped into his mechanic’s overalls and headed straight into a...
The life of chess coach Tunde Onakoya is being compared with that of Robert Katende (played by David Oyelowo) from the movie, “Queen of Katwe“, thanks...
The story of a 70-year-old woman eking out a living at a backbreaking job being transformed into a celebrity figure with a song produced by a...
“Welcome to my home,” says Nekeng Chuwang, who points me into the living room of his apartment in Jos, which is on a large estate. I’m...
On April 25, 2015, more than 50 people gathered in Harare’s Goëthe Zentrum Institute to attend the country’s first-ever Comexposed convention. All of the other people...
In a poor neighbourhood in South Africa, a mom-and-daughter team have found a way to keep many of their neighbours’ children away from crime and drugs:...
When Queen Uwabuofu had her first son, she was in financial despair and could not afford clothes for her baby. Having trained and worked as a...
On a Saturday morning in Lomé, the Togolese capital, Felix Tagba stands patiently waiting at a crossroads. Clad in blue shorts and a white jersey, ready...
Deep in the Nuba Mountains, in the often-troubled South Kordofan region, a cohort of rural women is building an “oasis of empowerment”. The group comprises mothers...
Natsai Mutezo-Mawoni knows exactly how to unleash the power of the universe. As a chemical technologist, she has been playing with chemical bonds and energy for...
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