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  5 must-attend end-of-year festivals across Africa

  Bridget Boakye

  Festivals are a common fixture of events in many parts of the world. In the U.S. and other parts of the West, festival season is during the spring and summer – from around April to early September....

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  How nakedness and other acts of rebellion by the Kom women helped end colonial rule in Northern Cameroon

  Bridget Boakye

  It has long been documented that women played an important role in the anti-colonial efforts of Africans against their Western colonizers. Although we often celebrate individual men like Kwame Nkrumah...

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  This black woman’s testimony against a white man in the 1950s set the precedence for black women’s rights

  Bridget Boakye

  A few weeks ago, an 18-year-old black woman by the name of Nia Wilson was killed by an alleged white supremacist who stabbed her and wounded her sister at an Oakland transit station. The deep cries...

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  Is Christianity African? The truth may just shock you

  Bridget Boakye

  There has been a long-standing debate about Christianity in Africa, especially questions regarding when it came to the continent, under what conditions and what predated it. Recently, U.S. radio personality,...

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  For adrenaline junkies, 7 extreme activities you never knew you could do in Africa

  Bridget Boakye

  Africa and extreme activities do not usually end up in the same sentence. But this is only because information about extreme activities on the continent is hard to find and not because extreme activities...

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  How one enslaved man courageously sailed to freedom and became a U.S. Congressman

  Bridget Boakye

  Robert Smalls is one man everyone should know. In fact, his story of bravery, brilliance, and perseverance is one that would make for a great film adaptation. Smalls did not only use his smarts to free...

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