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Malawi Catholic priest linked to albino killings arrested over murder of 22-year-old
Last year, we reported on the killing of albinos in Malawi despite government intervention. We included in the article first-hand accounts of encounters with body part hunters that left survivors and relatives...
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Modern day polygamy in Africa: first wife feeding second wife goes viral
When Yakaka Mandara tweeted a picture of a first wife feeding her husband’s second wife at a wedding reception, she did not expect that the photo would go outside of her country, Nigeria. But that’s...
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#WeTour: The little known memorial in Guadeloupe which is the world’s largest slave museum
The Memorial ACTe, the Caribbean Centre of Expression and Memory of Slavery & the Slave Trade, is an architectural phenomenon and waterfront museum in Guadalupe, an overseas region of France in the...
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King Mwanga II of Buganda, the 19th century Ugandan king who was gay
Africa is largely intolerant of homosexuality so much so that 30 of the continent’s 54 countries have criminalized the activity; 11 others have no law against homosexuality but there is high...
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Black Films Matter takes the stage at British Urban Film Festival this June
The British Urban Film Festival (BUFF), formed in 2005, showcases urban independent cinema in Britain. Its 2018 line-up brings to the fore some of the most interesting features in Black...
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The world will soon be taken over by Nigerians
According to Nigeria’s National Population Commission, one in every 43 person in the world is Nigerian. The country is also the seventh most-populous country in the world. Chairman of the National...
