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Uncovering the slave roots of Gnaoua healing trance music from North Africa
The Gnaoua World Music Festival is a yearly Gnawa music celebration held in Essaouira, Morocco. The occasion provides a forum for dialogue and musical exchange between worldwide artists and the enigmatic...
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Is Ghana still a football powerhouse on the continent?
Ghana has an illustrious soccer history and is a soccer superpower in Africa. Since the team’s formation, the men’s national football team of Ghana has served as the country’s representative...
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Kissi penny, the metal rod currency used in early 20th-century West Africa abolished by colonizers
The Kissi, Loma, and Bandi people who lived in the present-day border regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea introduced the “Kissi money” or “Kissi penny” around the end of...
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Kissi Kaba Keita: the African warrior who resisted French conquest
Several countries on the African continent have experienced wars and invasions from European powers in one way or the other, especially in the 19th and mid-20th centuries. From the period of colonization...
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Remembering the father of African geography, Prof. Akin Mabogunje
It is the responsibility of African urbanization scholars, average Nigerians, and policymakers to do more than just pay respects to the inventor of contemporary building regulations. The continent owes...
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Five African Fintech Companies To Watch Out For
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when citizens were compelled to conduct cashless transactions, Africa’s Fintech companies rose up to the task of keeping commerce alive in the continent’s economies....
