Holiday Reading Picks From The African Bookshelf
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Peter Kimani It’s been a great year for African writing, with Tanzania’s Abdulrazak Gurnah winning the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. South Africa’s Damon Galgut lifted the Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Promise, and exciting prose continued to sprout. Peter […]
As Desmond Tutu Goes Home, The World Mourns An Iconoclast
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has joined fellow world leaders in mourning South Africa’s anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu. Tutu who has died in Cape Town on the morning of Sunday, December 26, 2021, was 90 years […]
Facts Now Prove That Colonialism was a disaster
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Joseph McQuade Recently an academic article, asserting the historical benefits of colonialism, created an outcry and a petition with over 10, 000 signatures calling for its removal. The Case for Colonialism, published in Third World Quarterly by Bruce Gilley, argues Western colonialism […]
Kwaito Never Dies: South Africa’s New Generation Clocks 30!
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa When you wake up to South Africa’s biggest morning radio show, The Take Off with Bongani Mtolo and Nonala Tose – Lonwabo Nkohla on Sports on Radio 2000; you can easily believe that you are back to the 1990s, as […]
Good Night, Dear Archbishop!
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Every Boxing Day will now have a new meaning as the day that Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed away at 90 years, marking the end of an epochal time for Africa especially his dear South Africa, and the rest of the World. At The […]
Estimates for the 2021 Venture Funding in Africa
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Happy New Year! Our estimates for the 2021 venture funding in Africa is ready. But while we spruce up the finer details, here is a snapshot of what the first week of 2022 got the African startups. Ghanaian Healthtech mPharma Raises USD 35 […]
Data Centers Are Taking Root in Africa
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The Economist reports that most of Africa’s data are currently stored outside of Africa, zipping down undersea cables that often make landfall either in the French city of Marseille for Europe and Middle East or one of the Canary Islands for the Americas. […]
Barrow’s re-election In The Gambia Further Dims Jammeh’s Clout
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Nlkiss Hultin The Gambia’s President Adama Barrow, of the National People’s Party, comfortably won re-election on 4 December with about 53% of the vote. The runner-up, Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party, won about 28% of the vote. In third place […]
Abomey’s Treasures Finds Their Way Back To Benin From France
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Barnabas Thierry, Aaron Sottima Tchando , Giles Pache & Marc Biden In a festive ceremonial worthy of those who accompany the greatest political, cultural and sporting events, France has returned to this African country 26 works of art from the royal treasures […]
Four Books Black Parents Can Read To Their Children During The Holidays
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Conrad Hughes Reading at home is important. Evidence of the effects of reading and a general culture of reading on adolescents in over 30 countries has shown that reading is good for personal development, intellectual growth, literacy and even numeracy. A culture […]