Africa: An African History of Cannabis Offers Fascinating and Heartbreaking Insights – an Expert Explains
[The Conversation Africa] When I tell people that I research cannabis, I sometimes receive a furtive gesture that implies and presumes: “We’re both stoners!”, as if two members of a secret society have met.
Africa: Hollywood’s First Major Black Female Superhero – How Wakanda Forever Broke the Mould
[The Conversation Africa] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood’s script for superhero movies. English professor Diana Adesola Mafe was recently involved in an academic roundtable that offers a critical conversation about it and another film…
Africa: Sports Minister Receives Africa Sustainability Man of the Year 2023 Award
[Leadership] The Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, has been honored with the distinguished Africa Sustainability Man of the Year 2023 Award.
Africa: Fashion Forward – Protect Africa From ‘Fagia’ Amid Alarming Global Stocktake
[IPS] Dubai — Thousands of bales of cheap, poor-quality secondhand clothing arrive on boats and ships docking on Africa’s extensive 26,000-kilometer-long coastline, dotted with at least 100 ports and harbors. From Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Uganda…
Africa: Khalid Makes Historic Debut With Performance at Hey Neighbour Festival in South Africa
[Hey Neighbour] Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Khalid made a groundbreaking appearance today at the Hey Neighbour Festival in South Africa, marking his inaugural performance on South African soil. The event was a part of the grand celebrat…
Africa: Opera, Glass Blowing, Poncho Weaving and More – Unesco Celebrates World’s Cultural Heritage
[UN News] The UNESCO committee that protects so called Intangible Cultural Heritage met in Botswana this week to add new entries to the UN culture agency’s list of world treasures, some of which must be “urgently” safeguarded.
Africa: Art and Climate Change
[IPS] Stockholm, Sweden — A dark cloud is hovering above human existence. It is a fairly illusory cloud haunting our minds and wellbeing, but also an actual, menacing, mostly invisible cloud that covers the Earth’s entire atmosphere. Saturated by gree…
Africa: Three African Powerhouses Make Forbes’ Most Powerful Women List
[allAfrica] Nigerian trailblazers Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the esteemed Director-General of the World Trade Organization, and media mogul Mosunmola Abudu stand alongside Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan as the African women gracing Forbes’ prestigio…
Africa: Burna Boy Becomes Most-Streamed Artiste in Sub-Saharan Africa On YouTube
[Premium Times] According to data shared on X (formerly Twitter) by The Top Charts on Monday, Burna Boy’s songs have amassed an impressive 2.52 billion streams.
Africa: ‘Echoing the Voice of Africa’ Book Launched in Accra
[Ghanaian Times] “Echoing the Voice of Africa” a book documenting the inspirational speeches of the King of Morocco, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on his vision for the sustainable development of Africa, peace and security, was on Saturday launched in …