Nigeria: Kellyrae Emerges Winner of BBNaija Season 9
[Daily Trust] Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate, Kellyrae, has emerged winner of the Season 9 reality TV show, tagged ‘No Loose Guard’
East Africa: Meet the Kenyan Man Shaping a Francophone Future in East Africa
[RFI] UN human rights advisor Chris Mburu turned his Kenyan hometown of Mitahato into something unexpected: a French-speaking village. After learning the language himself later in life, Mburu is determined to give local children a head start – opening …
Ethiopia: Andoodee Tumaa – a Special Gadaa Ritual Place That Deserves Preservation
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba — As we celebrate the Irreechaa rituals across Oromia during the months of September and October, we are reminded to reflect on and revive our lost ritual sites, places of immense cultural and historical value that have ye…
Nigeria: Matters Arising From Achebe’s Things Fall Apart TV Series
[This Day] Chido Nwangwu lauds the planned adaptation of Prof Chinua Achebe’s masterpiece novel, Things Fall Apart, into an international television series starring notable movie actors like Savid Oyelowo and Idris Elba, among others.
Kenya: Ruto Gears Up for Mashujaa Day With Focus On Housing Agenda
[Nile Post] President William Ruto has reaffirmed the importance of housing in the Kenya Kwanza government’s agenda, emphasising its potential to create jobs, eliminate slums, and safeguard the country’s agricultural land.
Uganda: Lord Mayor Lukwago Roots for Protection of Kampala’s Prestigious Heritage Sites At All Costs
[Nile Post] Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has sounded a call for the protection of the city’s prestigious heritage sites at all costs.
Africa: Destruction of Libraries and Archives Is a Form of Book-Burning and Erasing History and Memory
[Daily Maverick] Libraries are not merely places that keep books by George Eliot, Charles Dickens or Joseph Conrad: they are repositories of written records of South African society over centuries – and over the past three decades.
Uganda: 11.9 Million Ugandans Are Illiterate – Census Report
[Nile Post] The latest 2024 census report released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics(UBOS) has indicated that 26% of Ugandans are illiterate.
Zimbabwe: Chiwenga Calls for Urgent Climate Action At Development Conference
[263Chat] Vice President Dr. Constantino Chiwenga has urged Zimbabweans to intensify their efforts in combating climate change, emphasizing the multifaceted threat it poses to the nation’s health, economy, and social fabric.
Africa: Wretched of the Earth Has Been Translated Into South Africa’s Zulu Language – Why Frantz Fanon’s Revolutionary Book Still Matters
[The Conversation Africa] Frantz Fanon was an influential psychiatrist, Algerian revolutionary and pan-African thinker who was born on the Caribbean island of Martinique. His work – and particularly his final book The Wretched of the Earth (1961) – is …