Street Gangs in Nairobi’s Urban Slums Are the Rich Kids
*NAIROBI, Kenya — Nairobi’s urban slums have become the breeding grounds for well-off street gangs. Violent robbery has …
Statue of Slave Kneeling before Abraham Lincoln Taken Down in Boston
*A statue in Boston depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling at the feet of President Abraham Lincoln has been …
Sudan’s First Oscar Entry ‘You Will Die at Twenty’ Gets a North American Distributor (Trailer)
*Variety reports that distributor Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Amjad Abu Alala’s feature debut …
Cryptocurrency Tries to Fill in During Zimbabwe’s Cash Shortages
*Long, winding lines in front of banks are a daily occurrence in Zimbabwe due to rampant cash shortages in the southern …
Gunmen Kill Seven Children in Cameroon
*YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Tragedy struck in late October when seven children were killed, and 13 others suffered wounds when …
TAYO Fatunla: Promoting Peace Through Art in Africa
*Yumiko Yokozeki is the Director of UNESCO-IICBA. IICBA is UNESCO’s category I institute with a mandate of working …
Silencing the Guns – An African Youth Project
*UNESCO, IICBA (International Institute for building capacity in Africa) and the Paris based Cartooning For Peace will …
A Tribute to a Legend the Late President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings
*In 1994, Elizabeth, Sia, Sia, Yaba, of the Yaba TV Show had very rare one-on-one interview with the former President of …
New Google-IFC Report Estimates Africa’s Internet Economy Could be Worth $180 billion by 2025
[LAGOS, NAIROBI, JOHANNESBURG] —e-Conomy Africa 2020, a new report released today by Google and the International …
King Yahweh and The Kingdom of YAHWEH Continue Humanitarian Efforts in Uganda / PHOTOS
*King Yahweh and The Kingdom of YAHWEH is continuing humanitarian efforts in Jinja, Uganda. On Wednesday November 11, …
TAYO Fatunla: Ghana’s Revolutionary and Statesman Jerry Rawlings – 1947-2020
*I designed covers of West Africa magazine for 10 years on weekly basis. Hearing of the passing of Jerry Rawlings who …
OUR ROOTS: Remembering Ken Saro Wiwa
*It has been 25 years since Nigeria’s Ken Saro-Wiwa and his nine brothers in the struggle against environmental …
TAYO Fatunla: Nigerian Cartoon Characters with Points of View
*Years ago I drew these two popular cartoon characters as daily columns at the back of two Nigerian newspapers Punch and …
OUR ROOTS/60 Years – Nigeria Will Survive
*The month of October is Black History month in the UK. The same month which has been a difficult time for Nigeria, the …
These ‘White Savior’ Videos and Photos are Why Comic Relief Will No Longer Send Celebrities To Africa (Watch)
*The UK charity Comic Relief, founded in 1985 in response to famine in Ethiopia, says it will stop sending celebrities …
