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7 insensitive questions Africans ask African Americans
Someone once said, “you never know you are black till you leave the shores of Africa”, and in my experience growing up in both Ghana and the U.S., there has never been a truer statement. Many...
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Ghost Marriages: The Kamba people of Kenya seduce women into marrying dead sons
Historians say that among the Kamba (also Akamba) people of Eastern Kenya, there were widowed wives, as there are anywhere else. Except, these women had never seen their husbands. The Kamba...
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George Coleman Poage: The first African American to win Olympic medal in 1904
In 1904, George Coleman Poage, a track and field athlete and scholar, became the first African-American to win a medal at the Olympic Games. He won two bronze medals in the 400-meter hurdle and 200-meter...
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Meet Africa’s newest billionaire, Zimbabwean business magnate Strive Masiyiwa
Strive Masiyiwa, founder and chair of the Econet Group, just made the 2018 FORBES list of African billionaires as Zimbabwe’s first billionaire. FORBES estimates Masiyiwa’s net worth at $1.7...
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5 common issues facing Africans abroad you need to know
Life outside of the African continent may seem glamorous to some but a new report is putting numbers to the struggles many Diasporans face. A recent report found that an average of 120 Ghanaians living...
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Politics in these African countries is heavily influenced by the U.S.
The U.S. is set to vote on House Resolution 128 today. The resolution is meant to signal to the government of Ethiopia that respect for human rights and the opening of its political space is non-negotiable....
