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African leaders you did not know were sportspeople
Day in and out, many top African personalities tell of how they went through sleepless nights and empty stomachs for days to get to the top. It’s very common to see many entrepreneurs on TV or at...
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Granville Town – not Freetown – was the world’s first settlement for freed slaves in Sierra Leone
Through history, many have come to believe that Freetown is the first settlement created for freed slaves in Africa and the world but more readings and diggings have proven this largely accepted fact...
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This Nigerian was the first African woman to earn a degree from Oxford University in the 1930s
Lady Ademola, as she is popularly called, was born May 21, 1913, as Oloori Kofoworla nee Moore to the Egba royal Yoruba family of Western Nigeria. Her father, Omoba Eric Olawolu Moore was a prominent lawyer...
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Joe Budden is wrong to call women ‘hoes’ for celebrating Caribbean carnivals
The Caribbean natives and several people in the black community did not take it lightly when former rapper turned controversial media personality and broadcaster Joe Budden decided to take a supposedly...
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This unsung hero paved way for black ballerinas by refusing to pose as a white woman for dance roles
There are many unsung heroes in black history whose stories continue to be sidelined because of slavery, race and politics. Day in and out, history uncovers new details around these topics to help highlight...
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Gold Coast Lounge – the Afro-Noir movie that celebrates culture and addresses social issues in Ghana and West Africa
Over the past year, African movie lovers and dedicated followers are being treated to a new era of movies coming out from the growing and fast developing industry sharpening their cinematic and storytelling...
