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This African country has the most religious young people in the world
While many parts of the Western world worries that their millennials are turning away from religion, Africa appears to face an opposite reality: that its young is highly religious. So passionate are some...
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Why these two African countries produce 60% of the world’s cocoa but get only 5% of the $100 billion industry
By now, almost everyone knows that Africa supplies most of the raw materials that power the world. In the case of cocoa, just two countries in Africa produce 60% of all of the world’s cocoa beans....
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The little-known story of African bandsmen in the German army during WWI
Everyone knows that Africans have a special knack for music. So much so that their music has influenced many genres of music since the beginning of time. But historical photos now show that African musicians...
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His mother was a petty trader, now 26-year-old Bamai Namata is on Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list
Bamai Namata is a 26-year-old Cameroonian and founder of Maibeta. He noticed a problem anyone living on the continent has experienced in some capacity – the difficulty in finding trained technicians...
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Contrary to popular belief, more Africans are moving within the continent than going out
There is a general perception around the world that Africans are leaving the continent en masse, risking their lives for a chance to stay in countries such as the U.S. and the U.K. But a recent report...
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The tragic yet resilient story of Igbo slaves who committed mass suicide off U.S. coast in 1803
The stories of slave resistance, many of us know, have to do with bloodshed, violence, and destruction. But there are other acts of resistance whose stories are worth being told. Take that of ‘The...
